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    The Edge of Everything: Defining Space

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    Explore where Earth's atmosphere truly ends and space begins, from the conventional Kármán line to the surprising reality that 'perfect vacuum' is a myth even in the cosmos.

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    We're moving from a model where space is just a destination to one where space is a place where humans live and work permanently. It's becoming part of human civilization, not separate from it.

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