4 Spanish Teens Capture Images from Space with Homemade Balloon

**Syme** · 03-18-2009, 12:57 AM

Yeah, pics taken in the stratosphere are not "from space". Still, props to these kids.

**gwahir** · 03-18-2009, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by Syme

Yeah, pics taken in the stratosphere are not "from space". Still, props to these kids.

I'm told that "outer space" starts, by NASA's definition, about six miles up.

I'll try and source that.

**Syme** · 03-18-2009, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by gwahir

I'm told that "outer space" starts, by NASA's definition, about six miles up.

I'll try and source that.

I think you mean sixty. The "official" definition of where space begins is at an altitude of 100,000 meters, or about 60 miles. Six miles wouldn't make much sense, since that's only 31,000 feet, which is below the cruising altitude of many commercial aircraft (let alone military aircraft).