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by polar8 979 days ago
7% of orbital altitude is not near-orbital.
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Its a nice thought though. Every time I fly I am amazed how quickly this mode of travel has been trivialized in peoples minds. Barely anyone even looks outside the window...

I am pretty sure that if we ever invent wormhole travel and reach the outer limits of the universe, in a few generations Homo Sapiens will think thats just the most mundane thing :-)