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Space Jump...
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:18 pm
by Dux Be Us
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:29 pm
by crow
Just watched him land! Very cool! Wonder if he said, "Hold my beer and watch this!"
I bet Bigwater would of done it!
crow
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:47 pm
by jdaves
I got a kick out of the broadcaster saying "Well,....it appears that he will in fact go through with the jump". Ha Ha!! Was there another option?????
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:05 am
by Deltaduk
Not me!!!
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:19 pm
by levi127
Dude was moving at over 700mph!!! Heck no! It took what 3 minutes for him to touch ground also from that evelvation.
When he leaned over the edge it was boom gone! He was moving man.
I saw they were going to stop him becuase something messed up when he was at 115k feet. Then they fixed it. He did tell them his mask was fogging up and he was getting light headed. Well yea he was spinning at 700mph in a circle for a minute!
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:01 pm
by Drakeshead
I watched it live on Discovery HD. If he had freefallen for another 14 seconds, he would have broken the freefall record of 4:36 seconds, or something like that.
They were mostly worried for the first 30 seconds due to the air being so light at that altitude that he would have no way of controlling himself if he started spinning. There was an G-force activated parachute that would have deployed if he were to start spinning uncontrollably.
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:19 pm
by fieldt76
Drakeshead wrote:I watched it live on Discovery HD. If he had freefallen for another 14 seconds, he would have broken the freefall record of 4:36 seconds, or something like that.
They were mostly worried for the first 30 seconds due to the air being so light at that altitude that he would have no way of controlling himself if he started spinning. There was an G-force activated parachute that would have deployed if he were to start spinning uncontrollably.
wouldn't that have like, I don't don't know, ripped him in half or something?
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:26 pm
by Drakeshead
I was wondering the same thing especially if the cords were to get tangled around him.
I bet NASA had all sorts of data sensors on him to record what all was going on with his body and suit.
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:48 pm
by duckter
As a young 'un, I can recall the family all gathered around the TV set to witness Evil Knievel's's annual daredevil attempts. Our family gathered for this one (and I was reminded of the old days) but, this one stole the friggin show. Unbelievable.
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:59 pm
by Smoke68
chest cam....... crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAT8v3_w87E&feature=player_embedded
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:48 pm
by JaMak84
Just think about how much more technology Felix had for this jump than what Kittinger had 50 years ago when he did it. I can just imagine the conversation when the NASA engineers walked in and said, "Hey boys, listen up! What we're gonna do next is put one of y'all in this here tin can with a parachute on your back. Tie it to this big ass balloon, fill it with helium and let it go. When that sumbeech gets as high as it can get, jump out and see if a man can survive the decent! Who's got dibs?"
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:34 pm
by farmerc83
JaMak84 wrote:Just think about how much more technology Felix had for this jump than what Kittinger had 50 years ago when he did it. I can just imagine the conversation when the NASA engineers walked in and said, "Hey boys, listen up! What we're gonna do next is put one of y'all in this here tin can with a parachute on your back. Tie it to this big booty balloon, fill it with helium and let it go. When that sumbeech gets as high as it can get, jump out and see if a man can survive the decent! Who's got dibs?"
Uh, hold my beer and my hat.....
Re: Space Jump...
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:57 pm
by duckter
Another thing that made this really cool is the fact that Kittinger was the guy in the mission control center talking and prepping Baumgartner during the fete. Just learned that today.
