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Old 10-15-2012, 11:14 AM   #10
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At what altitude do you start getting above the atmosphere where there will be a heat issue?
That'd be the thermosphere which is about 120km above sea level. Not a lot of molecules and if you are in the sun, you are hot as fire, in the shade, colder than ice.
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