A billionaire has finally briefly made it to (the edge of) space
A sign stands outside the entrance to Spaceport America, prior to the launch of Virgin Galactics SpaceShipTwo Unity in Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. Photo: David Lienemann/Getty Images Richard Branson, the nearly 71-year-old billionaire and founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways, plans to take a test-flight to space along with five Virgin Galactic crew members on Sunday.
There is no single definition of “outer space.” And deciding where space begins is largely an exercise in pinpointing exactly where the Earth’s atmosphere becomes less troublesome than the Earth’s gravitational pull. But there is no exact altitude where that happens. The atmosphere thins out, but the “vacuum of space” is never really devoid of matter entirely. It’s a blurry line.
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