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SPUCK 04-10-2012 12:25 AM
April 9, 2012 First step's a doozer.
 
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One giant leap

Quote:
On Thursday, the adventurer leapt from a balloon-borne capsule 71,500ft (22km) above New Mexico, landing safely eight minutes later.

The dive was intended to test all his equipment before he tries to free-fall from 120,000ft later this year.

In doing so, he would better the mark of 102,800ft set by US Air Force Colonel Joe Kittinger in 1960.

Even just Thursday's jump puts Baumgartner in a select group as only Kittinger and Russian Eugene Andreev have descended from higher.

Baumgartner, who is famous for stunts such as jumping off the Petronas Towers, is seen in the special pressure suit he must wear to stay alive in the thin air and extreme cold of the stratosphere.
From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17399985

Trilby 04-10-2012 07:04 AM
Hey! I can see my house!

Sundae 04-10-2012 08:24 AM
That genuinely took my breath away.
Terrifying.

sexobon 04-10-2012 10:00 AM
It looks like he just finished testing a prototype orbiting outhouse for NASA.

classicman 04-10-2012 11:37 AM
nuckin' futs!

infinite monkey 04-10-2012 12:21 PM
See, I could totally do that. It looks like fun. Safer than the interstate. ;)

classicman 04-10-2012 12:46 PM
yeh sure, till that guy pulls outta the drop off cloud and ... :eek:




:eyebrow:

infinite monkey 04-10-2012 12:58 PM
*snortle*

That'd be my luck. "Oh look, i'm in space. I'm Rocket Woman...HEY ASSHOLE YOU ALMOST KILLED ME...grumble grumble, came outta no where!"

Gravdigr 04-10-2012 03:58 PM
One word.

Bird strike.

What?

onetrack 04-11-2012 10:12 AM
Two words - Red Bull
 
Now, I've heard that Red Bull gives you a high in exhilaration - but this is taking it to ridiculous heights! :rolleyes:

Cyber Wolf 04-11-2012 04:08 PM
Okay, now I'm curious exactly where the whole atmospheric re-entry burn begins. I guess it's still higher than 46.5 miles up...? Or maybe you need to come in at a certain angle? I keep thinking this guy would land with a serious case of hot pants.

Happy Monkey 04-11-2012 04:40 PM
It's when you hit the atmosphere at an orbital speed, and use it to brake. A baloon isn't likely to be moving very fast relative to the atmosphere.

Aliantha 04-11-2012 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 805866)
See, I could totally do that. It looks like fun. Safer than the interstate. ;)
Yeah, no one's been killed (yet) from jumping from that high up!

glatt 04-12-2012 07:12 AM
And a follow up question. Is terminal velocity variable depending on altitude? Seems like the air is thinner up there, and wouldn't slow you down as much. I would expect the jumper to accelerate quickly up to some terminal velocity, and gradually slow down slightly as the air got thicker, and then finally slow down a lot when the chute is deployed.

Lamplighter 04-12-2012 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 806062)
And a follow up question. Is terminal velocity variable depending on altitude? Seems like the air is thinner up there, and wouldn't slow you down as much. I would expect the jumper to accelerate quickly up to some terminal velocity, and gradually slow down slightly as the air got thicker, and then finally slow down a lot when the chute is deployed.
... and a whole lot more when he snags on the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks.


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