“Our cases already meet military drop-test standards, but now we can officially say that they are space tested as well,” said Steve Armstrong, co-founder of Urban Armor Gear. “The fact that the iPhone survived its space adventure and returned fully functioning showcases our commitment in providing our customers world-class, or in this case out of this world, protection for their premium devices.”
“Steve Armstrong, co-founder of Urban Armor Gear” has made a false advertising claim, because his iPhone never traveled into space as he claimed: “we can officially say that they are space tested....” See:
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The first official definition of space came from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (the predecessor to NASA), who decided on the point where atmospheric pressure was less than one pound per square foot.
This was the altitude that airplane control surfaces could no longer be used, and corresponded to roughly 50 miles, or 81 kilometers.
Any NASA test pilot or astronaut who crosses this altitude is awarded their astronaut wings.
Shortly after that definition, the aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán calculated that above an altitude of 100 km, the atmosphere would be so thin that an aircraft would need to be traveling at orbital velocity to derive any lift.
This altitude was later adopted as the Karman Line by the World Air Sports Federation.
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http://www.universetoday.com/25410/how-far-is-space/
Steve Armstrong owes consumers a retraction of his false advertising claim.
That's why I said "to the edge of space" rather than what the hype claimed.
iPods, iPads, iPhones, and Macs have already been in space. . . just not this guy's casing.
“need to be traveling at orbital velocity to derive any lift.”
Finally, a sensible definition of the edge of space.