Sky Dive from 23 miles

[David202]

I wonder if it was to preserve the one record for the old guy???

That was my thought. It seemed to intentional, he was in contact with mission control even though his visor was fogging up. Either way, I won't fault him for pulling the parachute a bit early.

 

[straight-shooter]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT1DhcQg0Os[/ame]

 

[cromus]

They just said he went mach 1.2. He couldn't feel anything special due to the pressure suit.

 

[undercvrskank]

watched the whole thing. it was pretty intense. glad he made it

 

[straight-shooter]

Felix is the true definition of AWESOME.... Historic to say the least.

 

[9mmfan]

Without a doubt, that was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen. Edge of my seat as he dropped off the capsule! I thought he was finished when he started tumbling but he straightened it out very quickly.

 

[Benny]

Did he break the speed of sound?

By about 90 mph.

I watched the descent, but was there a sonic boom? He was going 833.9mph at his fastest.

When he stood on that platform looking down at the earth just before jumping, my palms were literally dripping with sweat. They are clamming up right now thinking about it.

 

[stack23]

so when do we get to see the videos from the cameras he had on his suit?

 

[Que]

so when do we get to see the videos from the cameras he had on his suit?

Red Bull is probably saving that for their next commercial.

 

[giovani]

I can't imagine what the acceleration felt like, he jumped off and he looked like a little spec in like 5or6 seconds.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

Looked like it took over two minutes to fall far enough that he had enough air pressure to stabilize himself.

 

[mac45]

Red Bull is probably saving that for their next commercial.

Bet you're right.
Gotta admit, it was pretty cool

 

[Blackhawk2001]

By about 90 mph.

I watched the descent, but was there a sonic boom? He was going 833.9mph at his fastest.

When he stood on that platform looking down at the earth just before jumping, my palms were literally dripping with sweat. They are clamming up right now thinking about it.

I doubt there was enough air where he was to support the "boom"; considering the mass "breaking the sound barrier" compared to the mass of even "Glamorous Glennis", and considering the altitude at which the mass exceeded the (sea level) sound barrier, I don't think there could have been much atmospheric disturbance, and the farther he descended, the slower his terminal velocity. A more interesting question would be "how hot did his suit get?"

 

[giovani]

The speed of sound where he broke the barrier would be around 650 to 660 mph

 

[Benny]

the guy must be half man -half bird

Anything with mass can fall, it doesn't take a bird.

He is however, half man, half cojones.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

He was not the first.

Bill Weaver was the first, unintentional, man to do this. SR-71 comes apart around him, finds himself in time and space, sans plane:

Bill Weaver Mach 3+ Blackbird Breakup | Roadrunners of Groom Lake

 

[HamsterStyle]

I'm still trying to figure out how he got out of that little door, with his giant balls and all.

 

[jontheturboguy]

He was not the first.

Bill Weaver was the first, unintentional, man to do this. SR-71 comes apart around him, finds himself in time and space, sans plane:

Bill Weaver Mach 3+ Blackbird Breakup | Roadrunners of Groom Lake

Negative ghost rider..

Joseph Kittinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kittinger was the first man in space and his free fall was intentional. He beats your sr71 rocket jock by several years.

Yuri was the first human to ORBIT the earth. Kittinger was the first man in space according tp the time period's classification of altitude space was considered.

 

[straight-shooter]

I'm still trying to figure out how he got out of that little door, with his giant balls and all.

Carbon fiber jock strap kept them out of the way

 

[littletommy]

I can't imagine what the acceleration felt like, he jumped off and he looked like a little spec in like 5or6 seconds.

I remember seeing a show a while back where Kittinger said when he jumped, he thought he had gone too high and was floating in space, because there was no resistance to his body falling, and he couldn't tell he was moving.