Related question - what would make a good fundamental "minimum altitude" to say "space"?
From SpaceWatch [guardian.co.uk](the website I linked to in my parent post):
"The F?d?ration A?ronautique Internationale (FAI), formed 107 years ago and widely recognised as the governing body for aeronautics, astronautics and related activities, puts the beginning of space at 100km. This is now sometimes dubbed the K?rm?n line after the person who calculated that aerodynamic lift was impossible at higher levels without attaining orbital velocity. "
Also see
"The K?rm?n line, or commonly simply Karman line, lies at an altitude of 100 kilometres (62 mi) above the Earth's sea level, and is commonly used to define the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space."
I think these are both workable definitions.
Mind you, none of this pedantic bickering is to take away from Windest?l's accomplishment; it's great and he should be proud of what he has done. I eagerly await hearing about further successes from him. It's just that he's nowhere near space, by any accepted definition of the word.
Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/buvQYmFt1Wc/story01.htm
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