[AR] Re: Just where does space start?

  • From: "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:18:56 -0700

For now it's 62 miles live with that.

M

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [AR] Re: Just where does space start?
> From: Uwe Klein <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, August 31, 2014 11:00 am
> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> Am 31.08.2014 17:44, schrieb Monroe L. King Jr.:
> > I'd say space starts when you can make a full orbit from a coast at
> > 17,500 mph or something like that. Where the drag is low enough to allow
> > at least one orbit.
> 
> That is dependent on your drag/mass ratio.
> 
> there just is no hard border to space.
> live with it.
> 
> uwe

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