I’m just a bit miffed that they didn’t launch from Mojave like respectable space pirates.
Though the Kármán line thing sort of cuts to the core of the current space(ish)flight phenomenon.
Branson’s cute folding flyer tops out at 80 km, well below the 100 km level defined as the start of space and named for a Hungarian-American pioneer of aerodynamics. In fact it barely reaches the old definitive mark of fifty miles.
Bezos went for an old-school brute-force approach. But at least his vehicle crosses the Line.
Im betting that Musk is sitting at his desk, rubbing his hands in glee contemplating the surprise rollout of an eighty-passenger Starship that can carry customers cheaper per seat than either competitor, and to actual orbit.
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