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As Maxwell Smart was fond of saying "Missed it by that much"...seems 100km is the mark they need to reach.
In reality the only went on an expensive roll-a-coaster ride ending in free-fall back into thicker air....hardly going into orbit, but fun I'm sure.
Also reminded me of some radio chatter I was privy to many years ago: a Learjet pilot somewhere near Alice, and well past midnight, wanted to climb over a line of storms and requested flight level 490.
ATC came back that he'd be outside controlled airspace! Quick as a flash he came back with: OK... go ahead traffic.
ATC "Cleared FL490..."
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