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by infectoid 2577 days ago
I thought being in a plane in the air counted as air travel and being in a spacecraft in space counted as a space travel?
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While we are capable of (human) space travel, it's currently only really for science. On the other hand, people travel by air all the time for practical reasons.
It's been a long time since humans were far enough from Earth that their spacecraft didn't experience significant atmospheric drag.