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Dear Colleagues:

The current discussion between Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos about where space begins may lead to questions from students, colleagues and friends about this issue.   A few years ago I created an activity, called "How High Up is Space," for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, on this topic, and it is available free at:

https://astrosociety.org/file_download/inline/74e02a72-a5c6-48d3-a498-d87732a44388 

Andrew Fraknoi

(Former Executive Director, Astronomical Society of the Pacific)

Hello there Mr Fraknoi, I was very amused and interested in your assignment as I was eager myself to print it out and complete it, by allowing the students to expand their mind with a question to really hook them into the lesson, I am sure you are very successful in the classroom. Thank you for the material!

When I read the question, I never really thought about it till now.  For me, space begain at the atmosphere.  Now that we have people going to "space," is it really space.  My students will really be engaged in this lesson. Thank You!

I have never seen a modeling activity like this before!  I really like the calculations-- it will help give the students a more concrete understanding of where space is.... Thank you for sharing :)

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Great activity!

I also like to include the height of the ISS (about same as Hubble), GPS satellites--12,700 km, and 'satellite TV' satellites (geostationary)--35,800km. Only downside of including these is that the GPS satellites would be 16 m away, and the geosynchronous satallites would be 28 meters away--so you'd have to take the model out to the soccer/football field!

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