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Richard Branson Blasts Daredevils a Bit High, But Definitely Not Into Space (futurism.com)
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[โ€“] mawp 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

.3 miles off of astronaut wings and a hell of a lot of money for the privilege. Oof.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

They've since corrected it:

Correction: A previous version of this post incorrectly stated that the max apogee of the flight was 49.7 miles. In fact, the VSS Unity reached a max altitude of 55 miles.