What does “ISS” stand for again? I forgot.
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hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours agoYeah that’s called Kármán line, but it’s just arbitrary line. ISS is still orbiting within Earth’s thermosphere
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Imperial Starship. Wait, wrong comm.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
Thank you for the accents
rmuk@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
Hére, håvē ßòmê mõrë.
chunes@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
My favorite fact is that earth’s atmosphere extends 95,000 miles / 150,000 km beyond the moon.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
I couldn’t find any source for that, but exosphere is considered to extend to 10,000km or 190,000km, from which the latter is about halfway to the moon.
Anyways those numbers are pretty damn tiny even on a small solar system scale
lauha@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yes, definitions are arbitrary but that is the definition of space.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
One can be simultaneously on earth, and in space. In fact we all are
But I’m just arguing that while orbiting earth and being within the Earth’s atmosphere, it’s pretty much still on Earth. Just like you’re still at home even if you’re at the on the yard or even just outside the gate picking up mail from the mailbox. Looking at it from distance, it really doesn’t make difference
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
I’m also orbiting the sun, ergo, I am a planet
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It’s not like citizenship you don’t get to be a planet just because your mom is.
OpenStars@piefed.social 4 hours ago
But you are also spinning around (with) the earth, so wouldn’t that make you a moon?
rmuk@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
Plus you’ve got nippes so you can be milked.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Look at Mr “hasn’t cleared his orbit” over here getting all up in Plutos face. Neptune is being real quiet right now.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
You’re part of a planet for sure :)