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		tzs on Oct 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amateur rocket launch reaches 121,000 feet The threshold was 50 miles for X-15 pilots to be considered astronauts, which is 264k feet.

JabavuAdams on Oct 22, 2011 [–]

I knew I should have looked that up. Fuck! Thanks.

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