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Night Watchman
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
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The Kármán line is the altitude at which going fast enough to support yourself by aerodynamic lift means you're at orbital velocity anyway.
Of course, that means there's enough drag that you'll slow down pretty fast if you stop thrusting. Flying into orbit like that isn't actually practical, just theoretically describable.
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