[Tenacious 1]

What are they talking about, “Launched into space?”

Had it actually gotten out of the atmosphere (even just barely), it would have accelerated at an extraordinary rate with no wind resistance (32 ft/(secXsec)). Plastic melts and I’d be surprised if a parachute would have worked.

80K ft is very high. But let’s not get carried away.

[Jack Hydrazine]

It would be considered ‘near space.’

[PGR88]

Doesn’t someone need to worry about this entering commercial airspace? Would they need to talk to air-traffic control before doing something like this?

[NCC-1701]

That's nothing. These three figures are on their way to Jupiter aboard the Juno spacecraft.