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Is No One Watchng the "Live Space Jump?"
xenor002
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Tad surprised just a historic moment is not being talked about here.
Discovery channel is covering this, as well as other stations, etc.
The jump from the Stratosphere shall be the highest in history.
UPDATE: Jump being made at 128,000 ft +
Discovery channel is covering this, as well as other stations, etc.
The jump from the Stratosphere shall be the highest in history.
UPDATE: Jump being made at 128,000 ft +
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Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
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Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
But if it's airing now, GREAT!
Indeed good you found it.
Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
Hopefully this will lead onto better designed spacesuits, and other escape equipment for astronauts. And for low and near Earth orbit, space tourism. Maybe even a future sport in the making, albeit a very expensive one.
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Didn feel the need to go straight to FB or the forums to talk about it... After all I'd just be talking about how much cooler than me he is
Same; like you pointed out even, this will greatly help fututre space exploration in some areas most likely.
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I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
I was following it midweek watching discovery velocity.It was delayed.I expected it to at least get some mention on the news...and nothing.Shameful that political mudslinging upstages an event with scientific potential in the US right now.Guess the news only broadcasts what draws ratings, and right now..it's more Washington BS.
Maybe someone can help me understand this though.
They keep talking about how he's going to (well, did) break the sound barrier on his way down. In the dark corners of my brain, I'm recalling the speed of sound at sea level is around 760 MPH.
I also remember the terminal velocity of a human being being somewhere around 200 MPH.
So, when they say "he broke the sound barrier!" Did he actually get up to 760 MPH? Is that only possible because the air is thinner, thus there is less resistance, thus the terminal velocity is much higher?
Or, did he technically break the sound barrier, but because he's 22 miles up, where the air is much thinner, the speed of sound is much lower?
Is it somewhere in between? Is it none of the above?
Help me understand.
When he hits regular air it will slow him down to his terminal velocity.
So he did actually travel faster (pure legitimate speed wise) than sound (even though it was slowed sound) and did so before he was slowed down by regular air. Although maybe, it also means that due to his velocity, he'd actually also break through the regular speed of sound in regular air too if he could maintain it (like perhaps with a ACME Rocket pack). Either way, he traveled LUDICROUS SPEED.
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terminal velocity is related to air density. basically the air pushes back on you as you fall and limits your speed. less dense air=faster terminal velocity. with no air there is no terminal velocity besides the speed of light. as he descended his speed would have lowered as he air got more dense and acted as a cushion. in the upper portion of his fall he may have gone past 760 MPH and then have slowed down as he got closer to Earth.
Also it could be a combo of that and what you said about sound moving slower in less dense objects and just be technical breaking of the speed of sound.
Don't know, haven't done any research.
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That was actually supposed to be in Generations.
Kirk, not taking to retirement well, continued his dangerous stants.
The opening scene to Generations was supposed to be a high orbital jump, then kirk popping his chute and landing next to Scotty and Chekov, who admonish him for being late for the Enterprise-B first flight ceremony.
I know he definately broke 740-750ish mph. Couldn't recall if he got past 760, blew my mind how high he jumped...and he just simply leaned forward and fell, was insane.
Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
The speed of sound is lower the higer you are in altitude as thier is less for "sounds" to reverberate off. At the same time Terminal velocity is reduced by the thinner atmosphere as thier is less drag. So basically it was a combination of both being far enough but still able to "fall" combined with less needed speed. This change in atmosphere is why you see the 're-entry" glow on a spaceship as speed and differing atmospheric density creates friction.
All up he reached Mach 1.24 traveling at 833 mph jumping from 128,000 feet.
Here's a handy aerospace link that shows you various mach speeds at different altitudes, but in layman's terms, things go faster after you about 15km up. Also Gravity tends to all increase its hold on you the closer you get to the ground.
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0112.shtml
My personal favorite part of this was just how big of an acme whole he would have inflicted if the chute hadn't deployed.
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what would have sealed it if he had landed on an X on the ground.
unbelievable, I would go so close to calling him a real Superman..
flying in the air like he did..
Historic moment? You're kidding right? What's so special about it? Gravity did all the work for him.
Honestly, risking your life for 5 minutes of fame may give you an entry in the Guiness book of stupidity but certaintly not in history books.
Hello, please refrain from posting like this in this thread. If you want to try to belittle an event for the sake of belittling please just stay quiet and let others enjoy it; you obviously had no interest in it so it's safe to assume you just want to troll.
And this morning it was confirmed that he definately broke the sound barrier.
Dec '07 Account
I EARNED 1000 days...I didn't BUY it! New LTS=Death to Vet.System: 10/10/12 Never Forget
Something should be done for those who cared enough to have a 1000+ day sub.
And hit the ground at 200 kph, probably.
He's not trolling, he's reponding to your original comment: People aren't wildly talking about it because for a lot of folks it's just some guy jumping from really high up. I just don't see any gains from this aside from setting a record. It's nice to know it can be done, I guess? But really, I had no reason to believe it couldn't be.
I'm more impressed by each and every space probe that goes out. Heck, I'm impressed by supercavitation experiments right here. I like a payoff besides "RAWRRR!!" when pushing boundaries.
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