"Pete" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote

"John T" wrote in message
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What non-government entity has reached outer space (sub-orbital
or not)?


None, but that's irrelevant.

That *is* the relevant point.


No, that's not the relevant point, this is:


Sure, it's been done before.


It's been done before. It won't be a first.