Stratos Space Jump

[doug]

Happening live right now.

 

[ElSupreme]

Half of me thinks this is way cool.

The other half thinks this:

 

[doug]

Funny.


Unfortunately, they had to abort due to high winds.

 

[doug]

Here's the plan.

Everything You Need To Know About Red Bull's Insane World Record 23-Mile Space Jump

 

[TEG]

Related old post:
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/show...battery-power)?p=125899&viewfull=1#post125899

 

[VolkerP]

5th record:
deepest human-made impact crater

 

[bonnie]

Almost at altitude, jump is still on.

Live Broadcast | Red Bull Stratos

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Now at about 21 miles above the earth .... live streaming at this distance, amazing amazing amazing.

 

[Zzzz...]

Doh! They should have gone for 40km+ altitude...

 

[bonnie]

Doors opening. So exciting!

 

[Zzzz...]

39km!!!

 

[bonnie]

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Wooooooo! Tumbling and then !!!!! stabilized at just over a minute. (Freaked my dogs out with the yelling here!!)

 

[Jason S]

Just watched the end of it. Pretty cool.

 

[bonnie]

Press conference live right now, interviewing Felix and the entire team.

 

[dpeilow]

Now at about 21 miles above the earth .... live streaming at this distance, amazing amazing amazing.

To be fair, I think some guys did it from over 10,000x further in the '60s!

 

[bonnie]

To be fair, I think some guys did it from over 10,000x further in the '60s!

True. But they didn't freefall back to earth (inside a capsule doesn't count). It's not so simple to maintain body balance at terminal velocity - can't imagine how much harder it is at that altitude. A flat spin can knock you out, tumbling can really mess up chute deployment. When he pulled out of the spin, I started yelling. That. Was. Truly. Amazing.

 

[dpeilow]

I was referring to the live 'streaming' rather than the event itself.

 

[VolkerP]

So that will establish a really low-cost crew return option for the ISS?

 

[doug]

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Wooooooo! Tumbling and then !!!!! stabilized at just over a minute. (Freaked my dogs out with the yelling here!!)

This guy didn't have any trouble with tumbling.

 

[JRod0802]

So that will establish a really low-cost crew return option for the ISS?

Yeah. Just push off the ISS in the "backwards" direction, and hold up a Captain America shield made of PICA-X to prevent burning up in the atmosphere :biggrin:

 

[JRod0802]

This guy didn't have any trouble with tumbling.

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Well yeah, while falling, cats can adjust their spin without using air resistance to help:

Also, more slow-mo cats: