The scope of work of the internal audit function is to determine whether the. governance, risk management and control processes of the IIA-Australia, as. designed and represented by management, are adequate and functioning in a. manner to provide a reasonable level of confidence:
The AP reports that organizers claimed the ship crossed the official 62-mile-high border of space. Why does space officially begin 62 miles above the Earth? Because 62 miles is about 100 kilometers, and 100 is a nice round number. The creators of the prize settled on 100 kilometers because it's the figure used by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI), the organization that maintains the aeronautical record book and keeps track of achievements in flying.
When in a tall building, the horizon can be as far as about 40 miles. From the ISS, the distance to the horizon is over 1000 miles. So from horizon to horizon, the section of the Earth you can see at any one time is a patch about 2000 miles across, almost enough to see the entire United States at once.