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Red Bull Stratos

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ngates_EC
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A lot of you guys have probably heard that this guy Felix Baumgartner is going to jump from 120,000ft (23 miles) sometime this year. But for those of you who haven't check it out. It's pretty crazy. He is supposed to travel at the speed of sound. Will he live?

Here's a link to the site. Anybody know when the date for it is?

http://www.redbullstratos.com/
Aug 22 2010 9:48PM
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broto
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oh yea i did that one time. pretty cool i guess.
Aug 22 2010 9:49PM
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AgentOrange11
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umm he wont reach the speed of sound cus every object has a speed that they cant fall any faster and for humans that is 120mph. dont ask question i got it from mythbusters
Aug 22 2010 9:50PM
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1337
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hurp durp the atmosphere isn't that thick however high up he's traveling and humans can reach a velocity around the speed of sound if they are high enough.
Aug 22 2010 9:51PM
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gnarshrelpt
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yes
Aug 22 2010 9:52PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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wait, what happened to terminal velocity?
Aug 22 2010 9:52PM
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EthanJPAskier
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see above ^^^^ less air resistance in the upper atmosphere
Aug 22 2010 9:53PM
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AgentOrange11
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aww fuck, yet again my impatience to read the whole post makes me look like a fucking retard. dawmm
Aug 22 2010 9:54PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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but then what happens when he reaches the troposphere? or will he have deployed his parachute by then?
Aug 22 2010 9:54PM
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AgentOrange11
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then will he slow down as he gets into the lower atmosphere?
Aug 22 2010 9:54PM
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ngates_EC
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yeah that's what I don't get, but the compression in his suit is crazy cause it changes in accordance with the air pressure so he doesn't blow up i guess.
Aug 22 2010 9:57PM
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1337
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oh fuck looks like we have to give a little lecture here.

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The atmosphere is not as thick as you reach up into 20 miles of orbit as it is here close to Earth. Your idea of terminal velocity only applies to a more traditional skydiving jump, where most people would likely to be falling and need to know that information, is around 120mph.

He will be much higher than that, with less air resistance falling for an extended period of time. If you really want to calculate it out, yes he can potentially reach the speed of sound.
Aug 22 2010 9:57PM
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1337
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http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/earth/atmosphere.html


technically the air will almost act as a huge air bag, and will most likely slow him down a couple hundred miles an hour. He'll probably deploy his chute with plenty of time, and I'm guessing its multi-staged so that he doesnt go from 200+ mph to close to nothing in a split second.
Aug 22 2010 9:59PM
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AgentOrange11
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ok we get all of that but what will happen when he reaches the atmosphere and the air resistance increases?
Aug 22 2010 10:00PM
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AgentOrange11
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ohh ok well that sounds like it will be something to watch. it will either be spectacular awesome or absolutly horrible
Aug 22 2010 10:02PM
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1337
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it wouldn't be a sudden transition, it would be gradual.
Aug 22 2010 10:04PM
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Jimmy.
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i would imagine it's gradual. he wouldn't just got hit with a ton of air all at once.
Aug 22 2010 10:05PM
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MCIRONCOCK
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It's akin to hitting a brick wall. He'll drink some Red Balls, and break through it like Dave Chapelle.
Aug 22 2010 10:06PM
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ORDEAL
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If he starts spinning his brain would separate from his spinal chord.
Aug 22 2010 10:11PM
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skiierman
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that's so fucking red bull.
Aug 22 2010 10:18PM
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Kellso
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haha i was gonna agree with the max velocity thing untill you reminded me that it wasnt gonna be in the atmosphere

Aug 22 2010 10:40PM
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dave44
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except it is gonna be in the atmosphere
Aug 22 2010 10:49PM
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jblaski
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger

Joseph Kittinger. Hit a top speed of 614mph back in 1960. He's now an advisor to the Stratos Project.
Aug 22 2010 10:54PM
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Username_42069
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sounds like hes gonna be getting real high...

hurp durp hurr
Aug 22 2010 10:59PM
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darco
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Bringing this thread back to life.

HE IS JUMPING ON OCTOBER 8th, LIVE.

Jump height is 120,000 feet.

facebook.com/redbullstratos
www.RedBullStratos.com
Sep 25 2012 4:44PM
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seward
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inb4 face peels off.

jeremy clarkson @ arial atom stylez

Sep 25 2012 4:47PM
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a_burger
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I'm interested to see how it will go. If it's being streamed live then they obviously have a lot of confidence about this.
Sep 25 2012 4:52PM
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darco
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yea breaking the sound barrier is going to be wild

Sep 25 2012 8:40PM
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JAHpow
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Bumpin this back up

Felix drops in 9 hours! Stoked for this! Hope everything goes well!

 http://www.redbullstratos.com/
Oct 8 2012 11:21PM
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stupendous-man
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I would assume they have it on a slight delay, so if anything bad actually happened they could cut the stream before anyone knew.
Oct 8 2012 11:35PM
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Peter.
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this is the definition of redbull
Oct 8 2012 11:38PM
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theWIZARD
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8 more hours!
Oct 9 2012 12:32AM
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Sophistication.
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Thank you for your lack of stupidity


heres a space meme
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Oct 9 2012 12:39AM
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JAHpow
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You mean lack of intelligence
Oct 9 2012 12:53AM
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THUNT836
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wanted to call you a retard, saw that a bunch of other people already had called you a retard, and am still going to call you a retard.

you are a retard.
Oct 9 2012 12:56AM
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Sophistication.
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woah! its a stupidity inception!
thank you kind sir for correcting my mistake
Oct 9 2012 12:59AM
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JAHpow
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No prob
Oct 9 2012 1:03AM
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Sophistication.
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What your talking about kind sir is referred to as Free Fall

free fall or free-fall (frClick for larger imageClick for larger imagefôlClick for larger image)
n.
1. The fall of a body within the atmosphere without a drag-producing device such as a parachute.
2. The ideal falling motion of a body that is subject only to the earth's gravitational field.
3. Rapid uncontrolled decline

Now, what we are really looking for (WITH AIR PUSHING UPWARD ON THE MOVING BODY)

Terminal Velocity
noun
1.
Physics .
a.
the velocity at which a falling body moves
through amedium, as air, when the force
of resistance of themedium is equal in
magnitude and opposite in directionto
the force of gravity.
b.
the maximum velocity of a body falling
through a viscousfluid.


THIS IS TERMINAL VELOCITY! Science explains that a falling object can only pick up so much speed as to where it will stay constant at a set speed due to the upward force of the air rushing at you.


ONE MORE (HOW FAST IS HUMAN TERMINAL VELOCITY?) (Avg.)



"There are terminal velocities ranging anywhere from 121 miles per hour, which is the average human terminal velocity and 240 miles per hour or higher for something like a hawk"
http://access.aasd.k12.wi.us/wp/baslerdale/2011/12/02/how-fast-is-terminal-velocity/






SPARK NOTES: THUNT836 is fucktard.






Oct 9 2012 1:15AM
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THUNT836
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you think i didnt take high school physics just like the rest of the fucking country?

terminal velocity is entirely relevant to drag, or air resistance. the kid i quoted forgot that the atmosphere thins as you get closer to space, thus nullifying the idea of the 120mph terminal velocity. Yes, he will decelerate down to 120mph eventually as he approaches the ground, but at higher altitudes where drag is much lower, terminal velocity will be above mach 1.

you sir are the fucktard. please sit down.
Oct 9 2012 2:15AM
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LivinOuttaBounZ
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Not multi-staged. It is a Precision Aerodynamics parachute and reserve that was made to withstand extreme environments, but to most people it would look like any other parachute. People couldn't pick it out of a line up. And it is in a Velocity Sports rig (same people who make the infinity if you're a skydiver). In his gear, from under 30K feet he falls at about 140-160 mph. I've deployed from faster than that before with no injuries or damage to my gear.

All parachutes that are designed to open at any terminal velocity have reefing devices, called a sliders, that keep the canopy from opening instantly. Once Felix is at a deployable altitude (which is a huge range) he could deploy at any time. This is pretty sweet!
Oct 9 2012 2:36AM
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