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Old October 6th 04, 04:58 AM
Alan Erskine
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"Neil Halelamien" wrote in message
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My suspicion regarding the altitude is that it was either a misquote,
or Rutan mispoke. If I understand correctly, you'd need at least 350km
for a stable orbit.


Probably a misquote on both the size of the vehicle (one person or one
passenger?) as well as the low orbit.


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