Supersonic skydive from 120,000 feet

[LongTomH]

From Space.com:

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From a capsule suspended 23 miles (36.6 kilometers) above Roswell, N.M., daredevil Felix Baumgartner will skydive in an attempt to set a new altitude record.

Baumgartner will first ascend to an altitude of 120,000 feet (36,000 meters) in a six-foot diameter (1.8 meters) pressurized capsule suspended from a high-altitude balloon.

Once at the correct altitude, Baumgartner steps from the capsule and begins to fall. Within about 40 seconds he accelerates enough to break the sound barrier, which has never been done by a free-fall skydiver.

In 1960, United States Air Force Col. Joseph Kittinger made a similar jump from the lower altitude of 102,800 feet (31,000 meters). 8 Craziest Skydives of All Time

From Space.com:

?1349547922

From a capsule suspended 23 miles (36.6 kilometers) above Roswell, N.M., daredevil Felix Baumgartner will skydive in an attempt to set a new altitude record.

Baumgartner will first ascend to an altitude of 120,000 feet (36,000 meters) in a six-foot diameter (1.8 meters) pressurized capsule suspended from a high-altitude balloon.
Once at the correct altitude, Baumgartner steps from the capsule and begins to fall. Within about 40 seconds he accelerates enough to break the sound barrier, which has never been done by a free-fall skydiver.

In 1960, United States Air Force Col. Joseph Kittinger made a similar jump from the lower altitude of 102,800 feet (31,000 meters). 8 Craziest Skydives of All Time

[FirstLight]

1. WHEN????

I read the article and checked the link, but I cannot see a Launch Date

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Tuesday:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/07/austrian-skydive-space-freefall?newsfeed=true

[applegrove]

3. That man is mentally ill and should be forced into therapy. He will die if he goes up.

[jsr]

4. He'll make it

(unless something goes wrong)

[Odin2005]

5. I admore this guy's guts!

I remember seeing a news story a couple years ago about the 50th anniversary of Joe Kittinger's jump.

[DisabledAmerican]

6. Red Bull is sponsering him do not worry people

Red Bull gives you wings he will be fine he drinks Red Bull.

[Zalatix]

7. Before there was ODST, there was this.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. This has come up a few times in the Science Forum ...

for some background,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger



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