Specifically to mitigate the apparent manifest worst case scenario of the constellation being more visible and for longer than originally advertised....
When I watched the launch, they showed a clip of New Glenn being built. All clean-room type conditions. The difference from SpaceX building Starship...
(Sorry, up to now I did not see the highlighting, Reality Check): I can agree with your last sentence, I have not analyzed this historical question....
The official (industry standard) use of it is Beyond Earth Orbit. If you are below earth orbit, you are not in orbit and it's called "suborbital" or...
And keep in mind that in the rest frame of the rocket, you want a high acceleration so you're going to have a very considerable artificial gravity. ...
A PhD student in history with a focus on history of religions and a YouTube channel about it tells us the historical evidence about how Jesus's birth...