where does space start

Question: where does space start
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Asked by iijames to Adam on 14 Mar 2011 in Categories: Space.
- Adam Tuff answered on 14 Mar 2011:
  
  Ha, good question, because the answer changes depending on who you ask! If you asked any at NASA, they’d say you’d officially become an astronaut if you flew higer than 50 miles above the Earth (most passenger planes fly at about 6 miles above the Earth). However some other space agencies say that space doesn’t start until you are 62 miles up.

Question: where does space start