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From: waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: RE: Space Question
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Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 13:39:12 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  6 13:39:12 1983
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I believe that under military flight rules, any pilot that exceeds 
and altitude of 50 miles (I can't remember the exact altitude, but
it is something around that; the reference book is at home) is awarded 
astronaut status.  This means that several test pilots in the X-15 
project were actually "astronauts".

Were any of the X-15 pilots that took it up that high black?  I don't
know, but I thought maybe some other netters might.  This might answer the 
original question. 

                                -- Walt Tucker
                                   Tektronix, Inc.