02. If space is dark, is it always black? Pitch black? (A K2S Question)
From The Space Library
As you leave the Earth in a rocket, the sky starts off blue, and then as you get higher, it gets very dark purple. Finally it becomes pitch black, even in daytime.
Answer provided by Derek Webber & Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy
Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer
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