Record Sky dive

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The Almighty
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...ve-sound-barrier-kittinger-roswell-science-2/

There has likely already been a thread on this, but I don't feel like searching beyond page one.

This just amazes me. Having jumped from 17k feet and free falling for 40 seconds... the record breaking jump still seems unreal, even though it has happened twice now from about that level. The fact that he broke the sound barrier is insane. I would have thought that speed would have disoriented him to the point he wouldn't be able to maintain control. Whomever designed that suit should win the Nobel Prize for awesomeness.

Kudos to Baumgartner... that first step was truly a lu lu

833.9 mph... mind boggling
 
Damocles said:
Mach 1.2... Baumgartner has some huge huevos...
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I would like to know the approximate number of times he thought 'oh fuck' on the way down.

I have never been in anything that goes supersonic... to do so in just a body suit, falling straight down, hoping that the genius who created your chutes did the math correctly and that you indeed packed your chute and not an extra snack... damn. I don't think anyone can be calling anything else 'extreme' sports anymore.
 
Superfreak said:
I would like to know the approximate number of times he thought 'oh fuck' on the way down.

I have never been in anything that goes supersonic... to do so in just a body suit, falling straight down, hoping that the genius who created your chutes did the math correctly and that you indeed packed your chute and not an extra snack... damn. I don't think anyone can be calling anything else 'extreme' sports anymore.
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When he was travelling faster than sound he wouldn't have felt anything as there was no air around him. Although he sure would have felt the spinning around.
 
Superfreak said:
I would like to know the approximate number of times he thought 'oh fuck' on the way down.

I have never been in anything that goes supersonic... to do so in just a body suit, falling straight down, hoping that the genius who created your chutes did the math correctly and that you indeed packed your chute and not an extra snack... damn. I don't think anyone can be calling anything else 'extreme' sports anymore.
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In the infared film of him, those little wavy lines coming off of him are heat waves.
 
Superfreak said:
I would like to know the approximate number of times he thought 'oh fuck' on the way down.

I have never been in anything that goes supersonic... to do so in just a body suit, falling straight down, hoping that the genius who created your chutes did the math correctly and that you indeed packed your chute and not an extra snack... damn. I don't think anyone can be calling anything else 'extreme' sports anymore.
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My guess would be all of it. The real question was it a 4 minute "OOOOOOOOOOHHHH FUUUUUUUUCK" or was it a repetative "oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck" for four minutes?
 
Science helped a man jump safely (comparatively) from a balloon 23 miles up.
At the same time
Religion put a bullet through a 14 year old girl's head for daring to want to be educated.
 
Lowaicue said:
Science helped a man jump safely (comparatively) from a balloon 23 miles up.
At the same time
Religion put a bullet through a 14 year old girl's head for daring to want to be educated.
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Get used to it, there will be a hell of a lot more when the military pulls out. The Taliban have also threatened to kill journalists to stop further incidents from being reported.
 
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