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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