Posted on 10/14/2012 9:06:00 AM PDT by redreno
Watching a guy jump. Should break the sound barrier.
(Excerpt) Read more at redbullstratos.com ...
Headed east in the jet stream, now wondering back west, I hear.
Guess I was wrong not sure what alt hes going out at
50 miles east of Roswell NM now.
over Angles 85
Yea ... he’s going well beyond 23 miles up.
Thank you!
This is wild stuff. Discovery Channel Live
He will be in freefall for about that distance but the total height will be between 120k and 130k feet.
The balloon is getting rounder the higher it goes. Interesting to see that.
Passing 90,000 feet
65-75 Senior Citizen
75-85 Elderly
85+ Old
(Interestingly, they didn't do that with the Gemini spacecraft, since the launch vehicle--the Titan II--used room-temperature stable propellants. As such, the Gemini capsule relied on ejection seats to "punch out" during the earliest phases of launch.)
Passing 90,000 feet!
Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers.
The Red Bull Stratos team brings together the world’s leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication. It includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Felix will strive to break.
Joe’s record jump from 102,800 ft in 1960 was during a time when no one knew if a human could survive a jump from the edge of space. Joe was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and had already taken a balloon to 97,000 feet in Project ManHigh and survived a drogue mishap during a jump from 76,400 feet in Excelsior I. The Excelsior III mission was his 33rd parachute jump.
Although researching extremes was part of the program’s goals, setting records wasn’t the mission’s purpose. Joe ascended in helium balloon launched from the back of a truck. He wore a pressurized suit on the way up in an open, unpressurized gondola. Scientific data captured from Joe’s jump was shared with U.S. research personnel for development of the space program. Today Felix and his specialized team hope to take what was learned from Joe’s jumps more than 50 years ago and press forward to test the edge of the human envelope.
The pressure must be very intense. This guy better hope he doesn’t go to high. As an earlier poster stated, this beats Obama 24-7 any day.
What age is geezerhood?
83
I saw film of the guy a day after he jumped. His head was swollen and his face was black. He did recover but looked like he was dying to me.
This is real, tangible, verifiable, measurable achievement.
This is doing.
This is living.
Altitude is life.
Obama is none of these things.
I’m feeling the jump right along with him.
The chicken feathers blow off on the way down...
He just crossed 95,500 feet. Climbing for 1 hour and 42 minutes...
100,000 feet
Passing 100,000 feet!
I got to thinking and I might be thinking of the guy who set the G force record on a rail sled. Just not sure.
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