"John Mazor" wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"John Mazor" wrote in
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Ron Wanttaja writes:

Hay-el, if you use that as a criteria, the Shuttle doesn't go into
outer space, either. You get measurable atmospheric drag out to
1000 km or more.

Yes.

The internationally-agreed boundary for space starts is at 100 km.

100 km above the surface of the sun is still a pretty wild place.
Which international agreement did you have in mind?

If your familiarity with Wikipedia extended beyond authoring
articles on flypaper and being rejected for editor status, you'd
know the definition as set by the Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karman_line

Bwawhawhahwhahwh!

You're kidding about the flypaper, right?

Nope.

And it was a half-ass effort at that. He didn't even bother using his
photographic "talents" to contribute an original pic of flypaper, he
just linked to an existing generic wiki shot.


Good grief.


Well, thank god he;s out there doig it for the sake of civilisation, I
say.

Bertie