Re: Northrop Grumman to Buy Builder of SpaceShipOne, First Manned Commercial Space Rocket

Einar <einarbb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:> Einar <einarbb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:> :
:> :Then one will have to accept that definition, even though there is
:> :some air present even up in LEO. So space need not be competelly
:> :airless vacume.
:> :
:>
:> There is no such thing as "completely airless vacuum". Even
:> interstellar space has gas in it.
:>
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:Granted, that there is matter present everywhere in space. So airless
:vacume perhaps, once the particles are at the same average distance
:from each other as the average for the space inside the Solar System.
:

This definition leaves large areas of the solar system between planets
as not counting as 'space'.

This definition is sillier than your last one requiring 'duration'.


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