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At 24.26 miles above the Earth, the atmosphere is very thin and cold, only about -14 degrees Fahrenheit on average.

This is way off. -14 Fahrenheit is something we get in Minnesota. Most winters :-) Any commercial flight displays temperatures in the -50 range.



No, Temperature does weird things as you increase in altitude. So it's colder at 10km than 50km, then dips at 90km before rising again before dropping off in space.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0090.shtml


Very interesting. Thanks!


I was thinking the same thing. I rode my bike to work this morning in -14F (-25C)




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