Where does space begin?
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Oddly enough, more than 50 years after the astronauts began to explore space, the world has not adopted a single international legal definition of the area where they ventured.
NASA traditionally gives everyone who has reached an altitude of 80 km, a patch in the form of astronaut wings. In the 60s, this honor was awarded to eight pilots of the X-15 hypersonic aircraft, as well as astronauts participating in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs.
Pilot Joe Walker also received this patch, who in 1963 twice exceeded an altitude of 100 km. Most experts agree that missions at this altitude mean spaceflight, but this has yet to be legally formalized.
Australian lawyers were the first to officially decide in 2002 that space begins at a height of 100 km.
