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Originally Posted by Ironduke
Doesn't there have to be at least one orbit to count as spaceflight?
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Not according to the FAI. They define space flight as being above 100 kilometers approximately 60 miles. According to NASA space flight is above 50 miles. The atmosphere does not have a true edge. It varies and even above what we call atmosphere, there are stray molecules of nitrogen, hydrogen and even oxygen floating about. The FAI definition definitey gets above most of the stray molecules.