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If you haven't heard, this dude is planning on skydiving from 120k feet up to try to break the sound barrier. It was scheduled for today but wind gusts forced them to abort for the day. They are going to try again tomorrow. You can watch it live here http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
I was streaming the coverage for a little while today. That guy's freakin' nuts.
You ever see a picture of when a jet breaks the sound barrier? I assume if he reaches his goal, that's gonna happen to him too. How awesome of a poster would that be?
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The theory is that because the atmosphere will be so thin when he breaks mach 1, there won't be much of a shockwave at all. For the sake of awesome posters, I hope that theory is wrong.
You guys are mean. Poor lunatic.
What happens if he jumps out, and then just floats into orbit? That's gotta be a shit-the-spacesuit moment...
I saw something similar on a movie once. If you burp, you'll start to descend.
Also a great poster opportunity.Quote:
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I missed this earlier. Elle-o-elle.Quote:
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The lunatic pulled it off. There won't be any "OH SHIT I'M FLOATING INTO ORBIT" posters, but I think the salute before the step off would be a fine substitute. Broke 3 records and the sound barrier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQQUlc1E65k
What a nut. Good for him, that was awesome!
They said that if he started flipping/spinning at all, the g forces would eventually kill him because there's no atmosphere to correct himself against. How many times have you seen someone do a jump where they start off axis and correct themselves? Thats the scariest part to me.
I've jumped out of choppers about 4' off the ground.:smiley2: That was enough for me.:smiley20: Jumping out of perfectly good aircraft just doesn't seem prudent.
Doc
That was some view he had. Amazing!
http://youtu.be/dOoHArAzdug