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Not so far . The technical leap to orbital missions will be most interesting. I'm aware that the Megaroc maximum terminal altitude was estimated at over 1,000,000 ft, but you could quibble whether only that would really constitute the (first suborbital) formal human entry into space, or whether that threshold might actually already have been crossed on one of the preceding test flights during gradual envelope expansion, e.g. when reaching the Kármán Line (although it was only postulated in 1959) or another similar limit, see alternatives at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kármán_line.

<blockquote data-quote="martinbayer" data-source="post: 686729" data-attributes="member: 2498"><p>Not so far <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. The technical leap to orbital missions will be most interesting. I'm aware that the Megaroc maximum terminal altitude was estimated at over 1,000,000 ft, but you could quibble whether only that would really constitute the (first suborbital) formal human entry into space, or whether that threshold might actually already have been crossed on one of the preceding test flights during gradual envelope expansion, e.g. when reaching the Kármán Line (although it was only postulated in 1959) or another similar limit, see alternatives at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kármán_line</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="martinbayer, post: 686729, member: 2498"] Not so far :). The technical leap to orbital missions will be most interesting. I'm aware that the Megaroc maximum terminal altitude was estimated at over 1,000,000 ft, but you could quibble whether only that would really constitute the (first suborbital) formal human entry into space, or whether that threshold might actually already have been crossed on one of the preceding test flights during gradual envelope expansion, e.g. when reaching the Kármán Line (although it was only postulated in 1959) or another similar limit, see alternatives at [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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