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The Breakroom => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: Jonfb64 on October 14, 2012, 11:05:58 AM

Title: you need to be watching this
Post by: Jonfb64 on October 14, 2012, 11:05:58 AM
Felix Baumgartner is about to attempt jump from space

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: Rob.Wilson on October 14, 2012, 12:21:27 PM
been following the progress  all week  :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

Rob
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: AdeV on October 14, 2012, 12:26:52 PM
Quote from: RobWilson on October 14, 2012, 12:21:27 PM
been following the progress  all week  :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:

Rob

He must have been an awful long way up if he's taking a week to get down!  :lol: :lol: :lol:         :palm:
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: Rob.Wilson on October 14, 2012, 12:39:45 PM
 :lol: :lol:  , tis gripping stuff , its made me put my tools down for a couple of hours  :)


Rob
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: Rob.Wilson on October 14, 2012, 12:42:10 PM
wonder if there will be any alien sightings in Roswell  today  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Rob
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: Rob.Wilson on October 14, 2012, 02:41:43 PM
 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: nice one  :)

Rob
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: andyf on October 14, 2012, 03:01:18 PM
Wow!

Bet his Mutti  was glad to see him back on terra firma.

Andy 
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: philf on October 14, 2012, 03:26:58 PM
 :clap: :clap: :clap:
I watched it live for an hour and a half up to the point he moved his seat forward.
I then got frightened and turned it off. I couldn't bear to watch the guy possibly kill himself in the attempt.
I turned it back on in time to see him parachuting safely to the ground.
Now I wish I'd not been such a wimp and watched it all live. :(
Amazing.
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: doubleboost on October 14, 2012, 04:06:41 PM
It amazes me how he managed to get his gear on
The size his balls must be :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
John
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: Ned Ludd on October 16, 2012, 07:43:14 AM
And I thought it was the English who were supposed to be eccentric.  :scratch:

The question is did he break the sound barrier or not? What is the speed of sound at that altitude?

Does anybody else think that this little venture could be used as an advert for incontinence pads? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ned
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: Fergus OMore on October 16, 2012, 09:31:12 AM
 And if he pulled an auxiliary chute- it wasn't 'freefall'.
Title: Re: you need to be watching this
Post by: andyf on October 16, 2012, 10:04:39 AM
Quote from: Ned Ludd on October 16, 2012, 07:43:14 AM
And I thought it was the English who were supposed to be eccentric.  :scratch:

The question is did he break the sound barrier or not? What is the speed of sound at that altitude?

Does anybody else think that this little venture could be used as an advert for incontinence pads? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ned

The first table here < http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0112.shtml > gives speed of sound at various heights, Ned. Oddly, it seems to decrease as altitude rises to 35,000 ft, then plateau out to 65,000ft, and then start rising again. I suppose there wasn't much danger to our hero in breaking the sound barrier; the atmosphere is so attenuated up there that any shock effect (and sonic boom) must have been pretty minimal.

Andy