"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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It would seem that you errored in your assertion that the altitude of
320,000' was 8,000' short of the X-prize requirement:


Oh? I believe I said it would leave them ABOUT 8000 feet short of the X
Prize requirement. The X Prize requirement is 100 km, by my math that's
328,084 feet, rounded off to the nearest foot. Where is my error?