Re: 36.5km above the Earth (Felix Baumgartner Skydive)
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:29 pm
by LACE
DRTY wrote:some helmet cam footage
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is there helmet cam footage of the ride until his feet touch the earth? work computer is blocking that liveleak url for some reason =/
Re: 36.5km above the Earth (Felix Baumgartner Skydive)
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:38 pm
by particle-jim
pkay wrote:real question
given the same budget and support team, would you do it?
Fuck no, I'm shit-scared of flying anyways, just the idea of a normal sky-dive makes me feel really uneasy, I couldn't bring myself to watch the live stream because the idea of what he was doing made me feel really anxious, now that I know he didn't die horribly I might actually be able to watch it
Re: 36.5km above the Earth (Felix Baumgartner Skydive)
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:42 pm
by Electric_Head
particle-jim wrote:
pkay wrote:real question
given the same budget and support team, would you do it?
Fuck no, I'm shit-scared of flying anyways, just the idea of a normal sky-dive makes me feel really uneasy, I couldn't bring myself to watch the live stream because the idea of what he was doing made me feel really anxious, now that I know he didn't die horribly I might actually be able to watch it
Did you read the Joseph Kittinger wiki I posted?
Kittinger's first high-altitude jump, from about 76,400 feet (23,300 m) on November 16, 1959, was a near-disaster when an equipment malfunction caused him to lose consciousness.[2] The automatic parachute opener in his equipment saved his life. He went into a flat spin at a rotational velocity of about 120 rpm. The g-forces at his extremities have been calculated to be over 22 times the force of gravity, setting another record.