On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:04:15 -0500, Dirk Bruere <dirk.bruere at gmail.com> wrote: > I would have thought that gravity would have been a bit of a giveaway. "the crew will be told that they will be soaring to an altitude of some 100 kilometres, which is enough to qualify for astronaut status, but not to induce weightlessness." -gts