Felix Baumgartner skydive underway (updated)

[TrueBlue76]

He has not "Failed" anything. The plan was to make the highest ever free fall jump and in the process provided scientific data to help future space launches establish a "bail out" procedure at high altitudes. To accomplish this he would be breaking various records as a side effect, one of them being the longest free fall jump. This was not a goal more of an achievement.

He actually broke records for highest altitude jump, fastest free fall and highest manned balloon flight. I do not think he will be disappointed at all in relation to the possibility of the longest free fall jump. His safety came first and because of the visor issues he raised early on I guess she knew this would have an impact.

 

[paphos-mcfc]

It does annoy me that some of the people that watched Felix jump from space will say that science is boring at some point in their lives.

'Science' is a very broad subject though.

I can smell religion creeping into this thread. Crossan and Pdominic will be here in a bit saying it was a "miracle" and an "act of God"

 

[ultimateharold]

It does annoy me that some of the people that watched Felix jump from space will say that science is boring at some point in their lives.

'Science' is a very broad subject though.

It is, and it can be argued that the science gained from this pales in comparison to the publicity for a drink.

Still you need nadgers the size of the moon and it was compelling.

When he was spinning looked horrible.

 

[mcfcphil]

Magnificent.
Oh and under way is two words

 

[another generation]

If you fall off a horse, you should get back on again, straight away. Haul in that balloon and get back up again!

Can't believe Kittinger jumped so long ago. Now THAT was madness.

 

[paphos-mcfc]

Up there for over 2 hours, I wonder if he pissed himself?

 

[didsburyblu]

I had visions of him surviving the jump then getting bitten to death after landing on a pissed off rattlesnake in the desert!

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

An incredible achievement.

Though seeing figures quoted at 729mph, it depends on when he deployed his chute as to if he broke the speed of sound.

729 mph is the speed of sound at an altitude of about 10,000-15,000ft. So it depends on if he was travelling at that speed, at that altitude. It's a bit more complicated than just achieving a certain speed before he opened his chute.

The speed of sound at sea level is 761 mph, I believe. So it seems he hasn't achieved what we would call 'mach-1'.

He reached that speed after about 40 seconds so should have been high enough (40,000ft?) to break Mach-1.

 

[Halfpenny]

Went down nearly as quick as Danny Welbeck does in the box

 

[BezzMCFC]

had an image of him landing and a group of hill billys capture "the moon man" and do several anal examinations on him.