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TSBspartacus
England1046 Posts
On October 15 2012 06:05 Daray wrote: He just said he opened at 5200 and apparently the protocol was that he opens at around 5000. Ah sorry I just assumed they were right on the stream, but I guess they can't track him very accurately. My bad | ||
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simmeh
Canada2511 Posts
especially considering how high normal and advanced aircrafts go damnnnnnnnnnnnnnn | ||
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Seldentar
United States888 Posts
On October 15 2012 06:28 Prugelhugel wrote: Maybe Felix opened that early because he knew that Kittinger, if he had broken his record, would have gone up there again and jumped without a parachute to make his record unbreakable.^^ Only problem with that is the trick to breaking the record is landing ALIVE... lmao | ||
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obesemk
Norway267 Posts
I heard something about a nice lesbian kiss, anyone got photo? Or video? | ||
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StateofReverie
United States633 Posts
gl hf I wonder what goes through someone's mind while they are hurtling down towards the earth at breakneck speeds... | ||
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jusTjoshin
United States66 Posts
On October 15 2012 08:17 obesemk wrote: Insane thing to do. I was really on the edge of my chair when he stepped out of the tin can. I heard something about a nice lesbian kiss, anyone got photo? Or video? So was I haha, when he saluted and just stepped off he fell so fast you couldn't even see him in that view within 2-3 seconds. I bet it was such a surreal feeling to be up there in that suit and capsule. That's pretty weird if someone had one bro :p BUT I do say, the brunette was hot.. I'm hoping that one was his Wife. | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
awesome and inspiring stuff. well done | ||
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obesemk
Norway267 Posts
On October 15 2012 08:20 jusTjoshin wrote: So was I haha, when he saluted and just stepped off he fell so fast you couldn't even see him in that view within 2-3 seconds. I bet it was such a surreal feeling to be up there in that suit and capsule. That's pretty weird if someone had one bro :p BUT I do say, the brunette was hot.. I'm hoping that one was his Wife. well, it was streamed....someone might know of a link to the good stuff. | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
On October 15 2012 07:07 Excludos wrote: Also, using "burgers" as a measurement of weight is much more natural than "kilo". Personally I weight 97 burgers, or 204,7 hot dogs.. Natural doesn't mean intuitive. Also, lets be honest, you need instruments to measure miles and paces too. I'd be impressed if you managed to walk a mile and know exactly when to stop, without any aid at all. Counting paces is actually pretty useful if you're orienteering. You should be able to get within 10%, maybe 5% without any instruments. Not so useful when you're falling, but they had the scene in The Wire where they mapped out the headquarters by training the dancer to use paces consistently. A little side discussion, but there's not much else to discuss that hasn't been mentioned in 80 pages, and everyone always disses miles though they are very functional. I can't vouch for pounds though. Edit: oh they actually bumped the metric thread, no point sticking it here then. | ||
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JazVM
Germany1196 Posts
On October 15 2012 05:11 fiveop wrote: I'll venture a guess and say that he reaches super sonic speed in very low pressure regions. What I was wondering about: I agree that he must have reached supersonic speed at a very low pressure region but, obviously, there is a point at where he starts to decelerate again and therefore reaches a speed <mach1. This should be (?) caused by the air getting "thicker" aka higher pressure, right? Is this still not enough pressure so see the supersonic wave or is there no wave when you drop out mach-speeds? | ||
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Marimokkori
United States306 Posts
On October 09 2012 20:27 [Agony]x90 wrote: Unless I'm mistaken, he should eventually reach a point where his velocity no longer increases. Once that point hits, it'll just be a long trip of shit ton of friction, but no falling sensation (i think) lol. Would be a cool thing to try i think haha. Might have to stay up for this one. Sorry if this has already been answered, but what you are referring to is called maximum velocity. The average speed for humans is 150mph (~240kph) | ||
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Chewits
Northern Ireland1200 Posts
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S:klogW
Austria657 Posts
Science will set us free. | ||
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Antithesis
Germany1259 Posts
On October 16 2012 17:37 S:klogW wrote: This makes me think really hard. Can there be a government of science? Sciencracy? Science will set us free. Technocracy? | ||
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th3_great
United Kingdom429 Posts
link its on iplayer so itll only work in the UK unless you get proxies, and im not sure if other countries were broadcasted it also. but either way, its a great watch. | ||
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He didn't seem that close to the ground
