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Skydiver to Attempt Record-Breaking Supersonic 'Space Jump' Oct. 8
Space.com ^ | September 25, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 10/02/2012 4:08:00 PM PDT by EveningStar

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1 posted on 10/02/2012 4:08:11 PM PDT by EveningStar
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2 posted on 10/02/2012 4:09:54 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

what was the previous sky diving record


3 posted on 10/02/2012 4:18:33 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: EveningStar

Go Felix!!


4 posted on 10/02/2012 4:19:34 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: hattend

‘Felix’ means ‘good luck’ in Latin, something he’s going to need.


5 posted on 10/02/2012 4:22:50 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: gunsequalfreedom
102,800 feet in 1960

Joe Kittinger

If you can find it, read his book, "The Long Lonely Leap"

6 posted on 10/02/2012 4:23:50 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: EveningStar

This could go very very wrong


7 posted on 10/02/2012 4:26:48 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
The current record for world's highest skydive stands at 102,800 feet (31,333 m). It was set in 1960 by U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger, who serves as an adviser for Baumgartner's mission.

8 posted on 10/02/2012 4:28:34 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Supersonic? I don’t think so.


9 posted on 10/02/2012 4:30:56 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Indep. Payment Advisory Board = "Death Panels")
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To: GeronL; shibumi

Hold muh beer an’ watch this ping.


10 posted on 10/02/2012 4:31:40 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a mad man's face, his reason tends to fly away.)
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11 posted on 10/02/2012 4:35:33 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: eCSMaster

His rate of fall will be supersonic (about 640 mph at altitude) but the wind force on his body will never go over probably 130 mph or so (whatever normal freefall terminal velocity is for his body size and mass.) The air is very thin at altitude.

Heck, he probably won’t even hear an airstream going past his helmet until he hits 70K or so.

Read Kittinger’s book. he hit like Mach .95 (some say he did Mach 1). He describes the whole event of his jump in 1960. It’ll make your hair stand up.


12 posted on 10/02/2012 4:39:21 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: GeronL
This could go very very wrong

Yea, very wrong.

13 posted on 10/02/2012 4:40:59 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: EveningStar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM39Z3grkpg


14 posted on 10/02/2012 4:41:42 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: MaxMax

Not a chance of that happening.

Depressurization on the ride up or down is the biggest threat.


15 posted on 10/02/2012 4:44:52 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: hattend
His rate of fall will be supersonic

This guy needs to meet my daughter.

16 posted on 10/02/2012 4:47:22 PM PDT by HomeAtLast
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To: Doogle
I get nauseous every time I read or watch something about this...
17 posted on 10/02/2012 4:47:34 PM PDT by wareagle7295
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To: wareagle7295

"I've flown all over the world....at one time I would've enjoyed a ride in the shuttle,..then one morning I woke up and decided flying was no longer going to be for me. It's not the aircraft, it's the people I don't trust anymore"

18 posted on 10/02/2012 4:53:30 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Salamander

I don’t do things like this.

I don’t even think about doing things like this.

I rarely even think about things like this at all.

I don’t think I know anyone who thinks about thinking about things like this.

I liked Dirty Harry Callahan when he said “A man’s got to know his limitations.”


19 posted on 10/02/2012 5:37:14 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi
I don’t think I know anyone who thinks about thinking about things like this.

Neither do I. That's why I read FR. To see how crazy people are thinking.

5.56mm

20 posted on 10/02/2012 5:45:49 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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