Comment · Wed, December 5, 2012
I see your frozen lock and your North Dakota winter and raise you a snow storm 33 miles above the arctic circle. (...plus kitty.)
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Engineer3227 · 48 points
33 miles above the surface of the Earth is NOT space.
Even 33 miles above the tip of Mount Everest doesn't put you into space.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Listen to this man, he's an engineer!
You'd have to at least go ~220 miles above the surface to maintain orbit. The Kármán Line is 62 miles above the surface, which is considered the beginning of space. NASA seems to think that 50 miles is the limit.