You and your stinkin’ facts ruin another perfectly good Chicken Little thread.
Re: “12 miles up is not the edge of space, which is about 60 miles up.”
“Near space is the region of Earth’s atmosphere that lies between 20 to 100 km [12 to 60 miles] above sea level, encompassing the stratosphere, mesosphere, and the lower thermosphere.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_space