Branson’s flight can not be considered space, says the expert

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Branson’s flight can not be considered space, says the expert

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Branson’s flight can not be considered space, says the expert

The flight of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft with billionaire Richard Branson can not be called space, because it has not reached a height of 100 kilometers, said RIA Novosti … RIA Novosti, 07/12/2021

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MOSCOW, JULY 11 – RIA Novosti. The flight of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft with billionaire Richard Branson can not be called space, because it did not reach a 100-kilometer altitude, says the Russian cosmonautical historian, the expert Alexander Zheleznyakov to RIA Novosti. The ship with Branson and three Virgin Galactic astronauts, according to the flight , reached an altitude of 86.2 kilometers above the earth. “According to the definition followed by the US Civil Aviation Administration and the US Air Force, space is called space, starting from an altitude of 50 miles – this is 80 kilometers. By their definition, yes, such a flight is space. According to the definition of the International Federation of Aeronautics start outer space from an altitude of 100 kilometers. That is, according to the international definition, such a flight can not be classified as outer space, says Zheleznyakov Jeff Bezos. “I would call them conditional space. “Not full-fledged,” said the expert. Instead of “cosmonauts” and “astronauts”, participants in such flights should be called “mesonauts”, because they ascend into the mesosphere, Zheleznyakov believes.

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Branson’s flight can not be considered space, says the expert