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mavhc
on Oct 11, 2019
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NASA aims for first manned SpaceX mission in first...
Not at all. Although 1783 was the first hydrogen balloon. Depends how you define space travel I guess. 1930s people got to 20km high
Strom
on Oct 12, 2019
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20km seems awfully low. The Kármán line at 100km [1] is what most would use. Alternatively 80km is also used.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line
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