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Old 08-16-2009, 01:15 PM   #1
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First Man in Space - Skydiving From The Edge Of The World

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On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last ... all » Excelsior jump, doing so from an air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall, Kittinger used a small stabilizing chute before a larger, main parachute opened in the denser atmosphere. He safely touched down in barren New Mexico desert, 13 minutes 45 seconds after he vaulted into the void.

The jump set records that still stand today, among them, the highest parachute jump, the longest freefall, and the fastest speed ever attained by a human through the atmosphere. Somewhat in contention is Kittinger's use of the small parachute for stabilization during his record-setting fall. Roger Eugene Andreyev, a Russian, is touted as holding the world's free fall record of 80,325 feet (24,483 meters), made on November 1, 1962.
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James May at the Edge of Space in a U2 Spy Plane
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why rnt u guys at the meet............
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why rnt u guys at the meet............
I didnt know I had to go..
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James May say it the best in that video, "it's rather humbling"
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He went super-sonic.

How did he sustain the blast ?
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almost 1,000km/h WOW

I'd love to do that one day
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He went super-sonic.

How did he sustain the blast ?
It has something to do with the fact that with there being no particles way up there (air) it cant actually create a sonic boom..
That is just the rough idea I got from reading youtube comments. Maybe someone that actually knows more about this can comment.. lol
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He went super-sonic.

How did he sustain the blast ?
I thought Guile from street fighter could only do sonic booms?
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Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall
so did he get sonic boom?
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if he sonic boomed, it woulda ripped his balls apart lol
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almost 1,000km/h WOW

I'd love to do that one day
wow. if he entered the atmosphere at that speed he'd actually slow down and his face would burn off. Terminal velocity it max at 200 +/- mph. That would be such a weird sensation. To slow down while ur free falling.
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