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orgake
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Re: Space Tourism
Nice to see @ryan using the SI based definition
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Kármán line |
100 km |
~62 mi |
US Military |
~81 km |
50 mi |
NASA decided in 2004 to use the 50 mi definition, “to eliminate any inconsistency between military and civilian pilots flying the same vehicle.”
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/X-Press/stories/2005/102105_Schneider.html
Some have argued to revise the Kármán line altitude to be much closer to the US Military definition:
There’s an immediate benefit for employees, as well, Carpenter maintains.
“Over the course of an eight-hour shift, they don’t have to repeat the same welcome language hundreds of times,” he said.
Why don’t they just use pre-recorded greetings?