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Re:NASA aims for first manned SpaceX mission in first-quarte... by mavhc on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:50PM (#21228331)
Not at all. Although 1783 was the first hydrogen balloon. Depends how you define space travel I guess. 1930s people got to 20km high
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Re:NASA aims for first manned SpaceX mission in first-quarte... by Strom on Saturday October 12, 2019 @01:52PM (#21234916)
20km seems awfully low. The Kármán line at 100km [1] is what most would use. Alternatively 80km is also used.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line

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