[JabavuAdams]

It all depends whether you're using that metric, though -- it's all fairly arbitrary. X15 pilots were considered astronauts for exceeding 100k ft.

[tzs]

The threshold was 50 miles for X-15 pilots to be considered astronauts, which is 264k feet.

[JabavuAdams]

I knew I should have looked that up. Fuck! Thanks.