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Re:Momo-3 is Japan's first private rocket to reach space by walrus01 on Monday May 06, 2019 @05:40AM (#19837972)
Yes, exactly, amateurs have gone well above 100km (62.5 miles).

https://rocketry.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/amateur-rocket-tea...

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Re:Momo-3 is Japan's first private rocket to reach space by cyberfart on Monday May 06, 2019 @11:24AM (#19840244)
To be clear, only one amateur rocketry team (the one in the link) ever made it to space.
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Re:Momo-3 is Japan's first private rocket to reach space by plugger on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @09:00PM (#19864417)
And to be honest a reasonable portion of that team was made up of aerospace professionals. You kinda expect to win your local basketball comp if you have a team with more than one NBA player slumming it for the love of the game.
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