Did anyone else watch this live? Amazing footage. My heart was in my mouth when he went into a spin.
Jumped from 24 miles up & reached speeds of over 700mph.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2 ... pace-video
NASA is interested in the data gained from this to look into possibilities of astronaut escape systems in future spacecraft.
Skydiver breaks sound barrier
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by OGPhilly » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:38 pm
Wow. I had heard about this the other day so I already knew about it and everything, but watching the video still had me a little tensed up.
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by dontworrybehappy » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:12 pm
I saw preliminary estimates put him at 1.24 mach, about 814mph. Dat's movin, bro.
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by The Comrade » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:52 pm
i heard conflicting reports, that he only reached like 730 miles per hour. is it confirmed that he broke it?
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by Professor » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:55 pm
Better news than anything else we've had this month! Yup - he broke the sound barrier. By a lot!
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by Spider » Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:47 pm
Broke 3 of the 4 records he was going for, too. I was bummed he didn't get the record for longest freefall (that's still held by Joseph Kittinger, who did a similar jump back in the 60's), but damn, going supersonic in nothing but a spacesuit...wild stuff.
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by Bill_in_Bethlehem » Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:59 pm
looks like he maxed out at 730 mph (terminal velocity?)
pretty cool, and im glad to see that they didnt make him say "welcome to my world - the world of red bull" right before he jumped or right after he landed...
pretty cool, and im glad to see that they didnt make him say "welcome to my world - the world of red bull" right before he jumped or right after he landed...
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by Spider » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:11 pm
He gets a slight bump in that cold air as well, since of course sound moves slower up there. Don't know if they were measuring against local conditions or against the mean.
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Re: Skydiver breaks sound barrier
by Showboat » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:42 pm
I was hoping his 'shute didn't open to see the size of the crater he made. Oh well.
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