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Reply #15 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 2:33pm

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Steve M wrote on Oct 14^th, 2012 at 2:29pm:

expat wrote on Oct 14^th, 2012 at 2:24pm:

Just watched it live. Not sure what is more of a feat, Herr Baumgartener jumping out at 127,000 feet or..........watching on my laptop, in Germany, in my house, via wifi, the whole thing live Shocked

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PS, well Done Felix Cool

It's a bit of stretch. Watching a balloon for two hours, I had to hit the refresh button a couple times.

I only watched the last half and hour............. Embarrassed

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Reply #16 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 2:46pm

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And now to confirm he went supersonic....

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Reply #17 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 3:08pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Oct 14^th, 2012 at 2:46pm:

And now to confirm he went supersonic....

And that was just fart of relief when he got on the ground........I know how bad it is for me after I have spent a couple of hours on an airliner and need to degas........ Grin

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Reply #18 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 3:40pm

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The view that he saw looking down! Shocked

... A great day for Red Bull ( after they came 1 and 2 in the Korean Grand Prix Cool

) Good Job Felix! Smiley

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Reply #19 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 4:31pm

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Press conference about to start

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ

WOW!

preliminary speed, mach 1.24 - 833.9 mph

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Reply #20 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 5:24pm

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So I am seeing some people think this guy re-entered the Earth's atmosphere when technically he had around 100 more miles to go before he would actually be jumping from space! Grin

But I guess that is missing the point...everyone go buy Red Bull NOW!!! IT GIVES YOU WINGS!!! Grin

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Reply #21 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 5:39pm

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gtirob01 wrote on Oct 14^th, 2012 at 4:31pm:

Press conference about to start

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ

WOW!

preliminary speed, mach 1.24 - 833.9 mph

Now confirmed and way more than they had hoped for..... Cool

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Reply #22 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 1:17am

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This was so amazing to watch.... it's so awesome that humans strive to push the boundaries like Felix and the Red Bull Stratos team have done today.

I couldn't believe it when he started to spin and tumble like that.... but good on 'em that he got it stabilized without deploying the drogue chute.

65 years ago today... Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. And now Felix Baumgartner has done it without the use of a vehicle.

Awesome.

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Reply #23 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 1:37am

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65 years ago today... Chuck Yeager officially broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.

The sound barrier had been broken several times between 1945-1947.

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Reply #24 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 1:52am

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Webb wrote on Oct 15^th, 2012 at 1:37am:

65 years ago today... Chuck Yeager officially broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.

The sound barrier had been broken several times between 1945-1947.

I'm sorry that I did not include the word "officially" in my post. We all know that Chuck Yeager was "officially" the first one to do it.

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Reply #25 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 2:54am

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I reckon that was something we'll remember watching for many years!

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Reply #26 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 5:03pm

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wahubna wrote on Oct 14^th, 2012 at 5:24pm:

So I am seeing some people think this guy re-entered the Earth's atmosphere when technically he had around 100 more miles to go before he would actually be jumping from space! Grin

But I guess that is missing the point...everyone go buy Red Bull NOW!!! IT GIVES YOU WINGS!!! Grin

If a balloon could make the trip to outerspace, and he stepped off the jump platform, we would still be watching him for weeks. Just sort of floating there and shrugging his shoulders! Grin

Some media has headlined him as a daredevil, which is complete rubbish. Tongue

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Reply #27 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 5:17pm

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With no lateral motion and no air resistance he would fall very quickly.

The force of gravity on the ISS 200 miles above the earth's surface is 90% of that on the surface.

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Reply #28 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 5:54pm

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Webb wrote on Oct 15^th, 2012 at 5:17pm:

With no lateral motion and no air resistance he would fall very quickly.

The force of gravity on the ISS 200 miles above the earth's surface is 90% of that on the surface.

I need to think for a minute. Cheesy

Because the earth has lateral motion, and the balloon had equal lateral motion, which is what kept the balloon near the launch site. Once entering space, the balloon would be free of resistance and still have motion? So wouldn't it take weeks to re enter atmosphere?

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Reply #29 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 6:11pm

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Any object that travels at 17,500 mph will orbit the earth regardless of its altitude. It could be a foot off the ground and it would still orbit. You would have a difficult time keeping it on orbit, though, because the air and buildings and trees and mountains would tend to slow it down and you would constantly have to apply force to overcome the resistance. You don't have that problem in space.

Conversely, any object that travels less than 17,500 mph will be overcome by gravity and fall back to earth.

How do spacecraft re-enter the atmosphere? They fire braking rockets to slow their lateral motion. Once their lateral motion is insufficient to overcome gravity they fall.

Edit - I neglected to consider the relative gravity based upon distance from the center of gravity. Orbital velocity at the earth's surface is 17,650 mph. In low earth orbit it is 17,450 mph. Wikipedia

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