Stephen Smith 🇺🇦: "How do we know these passengers will be in "space…" - CounterSocial

Aug 10, 2023, 14:26

Stephen Smith 🇺🇦 @[email protected]

#Space #VirginGalactic will launch today three paying private citizens on a commercial suborbital spaceflight from Spaceport America in #NewMexico. The video feed is scheduled to start at 11 AM EDT / 8 AM PDT. Watch live at VirginGalactic.com. Here's a preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ozqRfbwvGs

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Aug 10, 2023, 14:58

Stephen Smith 🇺🇦 @[email protected]

#Space #VirginGalactic livestream starts 11 AM EDT at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7D8kPNU7eo

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦 @[email protected]

How do we know these passengers will be in "space"?

Depends on your definition.

#NASA defines "space" as starting at 50 miles (80 km).

The international definition is the Karman Line, 100 km (62 miles).

#VirginGalactic will probably achieve somewhere inbetween.

Aug 10, 2023, 15:08 · 1· 0· 0

Aug 10, 2023, 15:26

Stephen Smith 🇺🇦 @[email protected]

#Space #VirginGalactic reached 290,000 feet (88.4 km).

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Aug 10, 2023, 15:40

Stephen Smith 🇺🇦 @[email protected]

#Space #VirginGalactic G-02 has landed at Spaceport America. Commercial suborbital space has begun in #NewMexico!

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