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NoNukes Inactive Member
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Sticks the landing! Perfect 10!
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fearandloathing Member (Idle past 4393 days) Posts: 990 From: Burlington, NC, USA Joined:
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He broke 3 records, highest balloon flight, highest jump, fastest free fall, Joe K. still holds for the longest duration free fall. I am glad Joe still holds that one. I think he holds a couple other ballooning records also.
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fearandloathing Member (Idle past 4393 days) Posts: 990 From: Burlington, NC, USA Joined:
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If Alex Baumgartner did break the sound barrier it will be on the 65th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's historic flight, very fitting and I hope he done it. (729 mph was the top speed I seen on the live feed)
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fearandloathing Member (Idle past 4393 days) Posts: 990 From: Burlington, NC, USA Joined:
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quote:http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ Felix will go down in history as being a first. I am sure Wilbur and Orville along with Yeager, Gagarin, Shepard, Glen, Armstrong and many others will happily admit him into such a prestigious club of hero's. None of these people could have done what they did without the support of the un-seen men and women that make it all possible, kudos for all the people behind the scenes. Edited by fearandloathing, : No reason given. Edited by fearandloathing, : No reason given.A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. ― Edward R. Murrow "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them" - Ray Bradbury
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Joe K. still holds for the longest duration free fall. Right before Felix's chute opened, the narrator mentioned Joe K's free fall record, Felix was 20+ seconds away from the record when he opened his chute. I'm guessing that the chute opened automatically at a certain altitude and that the attempt to break the speed record meant forgoing the free fall duration record. The supersonic skydive was amazing. If I hadn't seen your link about twenty minutes before time to for Alex to leave the capsule I'd have missed the whole thing. Thanks!! Edited by NoNukes, : Felix the Aussie, not Alex the fussy. Edited by NoNukes, : Austrian not Australian. I'm an idiot.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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Right before Felix's chute opened, the narrator mentioned Joe K's free fall record, Felix was 20+ seconds away from the record when he opened his chute. I'm guessing that the chute opened automatically at a certain altitude and that the attempt to break the speed record meant forgoing the free fall duration record. He was spinning pretty bad just before the chute opened. They had said that the shoot would automatically deploy during a spin if he went over a certain amount of G-force. I don't know if that's what happened or not, but that would be my guess.
The supersonic skydive was amazing.
I really enjoyed it. Hell, my stomach sank when he put he feet out and stood up, I can't imagine actually being up there. And it was kind of funny how they kept screwing up the wind direction >.< For all the crap companies get for marketing and advertising n'stuff, I'm happy to see Red Bull spending that kind of money on stuff that actually helps out. Oh, and its a good demo on the power of the private sector too.
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Just ran across this:
I have no idea of its accuracy, but some simple math makes it look about right. Jump height = 120,000 feetDiameter of Earth = ~42,000,000 feet. That gives the height of the jump at just under 0.3% of the diameter.
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Asgara Member (Idle past 2551 days) Posts: 1783 From: Wisconsin, USA Joined: |
Neil DeGrasse Tyson posted this on his FB page....
"About that edge-of-space Jump: A coresponding fall to a schoolroom globe begins 1 millimeter above its surface. I'm just saying. -NDTyson"Asgara "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" Save lives! Click here!
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Ha, yeah...
Still though... it looked really-fucking-high from the camera on the capsule. I guess it just goes to show how really-fucking-huge the planet is. Gotta love NDT! Edited by Catholic Scientist, : typo
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cavediver Member (Idle past 3892 days) Posts: 4129 From: UK Joined: |
He was spinning pretty bad just before the chute opened. They had said that the shoot would automatically deploy during a spin if he went over a certain amount of G-force. I don't know if that's what happened or not, but that would be my guess. No, Felix managed to regain control of the spin himself, despite it being a very difficult task when encased in a pressure suit. But his visor was misting up to the point of being unable to see his instruments - in particular his altimeter. He deployed the chute because he could no longer be sure of how close he was to the target deployment height.
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No, Felix managed to regain control of the spin himself, despite it being a very difficult task when encased in a pressure suit. But his visor was misting up to the point of being unable to see his instruments - in particular his altimeter. He deployed the chute because he could no longer be sure of how close he was to the target deployment height. Hrm, I thought he was spinning again when the chute deployed. I remember him regaining control after spinning, and that image of him falling headfirst with his arms and legs dragging behind him was just iconic, but I thought he started spinning again just before the chute deployed. I may be misremembering. I'm gonna go look for a video.
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I can't believe you guys fell for this:
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Felix Baumgartner headcam video: 'It was like Hell, it was terrifying' | Daily Mail Online
quote: Also lots of photos, links to videos, etc.
quote: And also some comments from at least one person who says the whole thing was faked. I won't repeat them here.Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. William Lloyd Garrison. Well, you may still have time to register to vote. Even North Carolinians can still register for early voting. State Registration Deadlines
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Panda Member (Idle past 3961 days) Posts: 2688 From: UK Joined: |
NN writes:
The Daily Mail is a shitty bigoted hate-rag. And also some comments from at least one person who says the whole thing was faked. I won't repeat them here.The comments are actually a better standard than normal. "There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god." J. B. S. Haldane
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