[quote]Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers.
The Red Bull Stratos team brings together the world's leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication. It includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Felix will strive to break.
Joe's record jump from 102,800 ft in 1960 was during a time when no one knew if a human could survive a jump from the edge of space. Joe was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and had already taken a balloon to 97,000 feet in Project ManHigh and survived a drogue mishap during a jump from 76,400 feet in Excelsior I. The Excelsior III mission was his 33rd parachute jump.
Although researching extremes was part of the program's goals, setting records wasn't the mission's purpose. Joe ascended in helium balloon launched from the back of a truck. He wore a pressurized suit on the way up in an open, unpressurized gondola. Scientific data captured from Joe's jump was shared with U.S. research personnel for development of the space program. Today Felix and his specialized team hope to take what was learned from Joe's jumps more than 50 years ago and press forward to test the edge of the human envelope.[/quote]
Source:[url]http://www.redbullstratos.com/[/url]
In a few hours!
More like the edge of the earth's atmosphere. I thought this was the future for a second.
Countdown says 14 hours.
What?
how long is the fall
13 billion light years
thought it meant the edge of the universe.
That's going to hurt when you suddenly slow down after going at supersonic speeds.
[QUOTE=FuDy;37964135]13 billion light years[/QUOTE]
He might not make it back down.
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;37964217]He might not make it back down.[/QUOTE]
Things that go up, must go down.
[QUOTE=maurits150;37964021]More like the edge of the earth's atmosphere. I thought this was the future for a second.[/QUOTE]
Right, and the edge of space. Edge can be beginning or end.
[editline]8th October 2012[/editline]
It's also been moved from this morning (whoops lol, missed that) to tomorrow because of weather.
[QUOTE=Chessnut;37964143]That's going to hurt when you suddenly slow down after going at supersonic speeds.[/QUOTE]
I wonder how fast he'll decelerate.
[QUOTE=Chessnut;37964244]Things that go up, must go down.[/QUOTE]
Unless you are moving straight up at 11,200 m/s or greater.
[QUOTE=Aegis°;37964672]Unless you are moving straight up at 11,200 m/s or greater.[/QUOTE]
Technically if you're escaping the Earth's gravitational pull you'll be falling into the sun, unless you've escaped the sun's gravitational pull in which case you'll be falling into the center of the Milky Way
Technically the force of gravity is only equal to 0 when distance approaches infinity. If you wanna escape from earth's gravity... Well, good luck with that :)
[QUOTE=Ritave;37964748]Technically the force of gravity is only equal to 0 when distance approaches infinity. If you wanna escape from earth's gravity... Well, good luck with that :)[/QUOTE]
When you escape the Earth's gravity, you are under the sphere of another object's gravity well instead. So technically you did escape Earth's gravity, but you are still affected by gravity.
[QUOTE=Gnomical;37965158]When you escape the Earth's gravity, you are under the sphere of another object's gravity well instead. So technically you did escape Earth's gravity, but you are still affected by gravity.[/QUOTE]
You never escape Earth's gravity no matter how far away. Even now, there can be a tiny spec of space dust billions of light years away that actually has a gravitational effect on you, even though it's enormously small. So even if he were by the moon, Earth's gravity still has an effect.
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;37965189]You never escape Earth's gravity no matter how far away.[/QUOTE]
That's not true. Once anything on Earth reaches escape velocity, it has enough kinetic energy that, excluding the interference of other gravitational bodies, it will never return to Earth due to Earth's gravity. It escapes the gravity well, even though Earth's gravity will still have a minute effect no matter how far away the object is.
[QUOTE=catbarf;37965808]That's not true. Once anything on Earth reaches escape velocity, it has enough kinetic energy that, excluding the interference of other gravitational bodies, it will never return to Earth due to Earth's gravity. It escapes the gravity well, even though Earth's gravity will still have a minute effect no matter how far away the object is.[/QUOTE]
If you would have read his post in its enirety you would have seen that he literally said the same as you.
[QUOTE=catbarf;37965808]That's not true. Once anything on Earth reaches escape velocity, it has enough kinetic energy that, excluding the interference of other gravitational bodies, it will never return to Earth due to Earth's gravity. It escapes the gravity well, even though Earth's gravity will still have a minute effect no matter how far away the object is.[/QUOTE]
Well, I see what you're saying but you're kind of missing his point; he's saying that earth's gravity will always have an effect, but whether or not it's significant is determined by velocity, etc.
Anyway, this Baumgartner guy has balls
[QUOTE=Gimme20dollaz;37964209]Space doesn't have an edge. It's infinite.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://universeadventure.org/eras/images/era1-nowmap.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Gimme20dollaz;37964209]Space doesn't have an edge. It's infinite.[/QUOTE]
It actually does have an edge, it's expanding.
Kittinger's jump was much more impressive even if it was just 19 miles. He did it in the 60s with not so fancy tech. Very dangerous. His hand swole to twice it's size, and he felt like was being choked on his way down.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Kittinger-jump.jpg/220px-Kittinger-jump.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=l l;37966282]It actually does have an edge, it's expanding.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;Z0o6hQLcSRc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0o6hQLcSRc[/video]
so what is beyond the edge of space just and endless black void?
[QUOTE=Ermac20;37966528]so what is beyond the edge of space just and endless black void?[/QUOTE]
Half-Life 3
[QUOTE=Falubii;37966152]If you would have read his post in its enirety you would have seen that he literally said the same as you.[/QUOTE]
Um, no. He said you can never actually escape Earth's gravity because its influence extends to infinity. I said you can, because even though it is technically correct that there will always be some influence no matter where you are, it is possible to have enough kinetic energy that you will never come back and thus have escaped the gravity well. Two related, but different concepts.
Either way it's not really important to the discussion. A guy's skydiving, it has little to do with escaping Earth's pull.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;37964686]Technically if you're escaping the Earth's gravitational pull you'll be falling into the sun, unless you've escaped the sun's gravitational pull in which case you'll be falling into the center of the Milky Way[/QUOTE]
No, you would be orbiting the sun / milky way.
You'd probably not come back down in either case.
[QUOTE=LarparNar;37968403]No, you would be orbiting the sun / milky way.
You'd probably not come back down in either case.[/QUOTE]
I was talking about going up/coming down relative to any gravitational body
If you're orbiting anything, even the Earth, you're falling towards it; even if your orbit is not decaying or decreasing in height
[QUOTE=l l;37966282]It actually does have an edge, it's expanding.[/QUOTE]
Space has 4+ dimensions, it doesn't need an edge.
This might be a crude explanation, but effectively where you would expect there to be an edge (say, X distance from where you are now), the universe just folds onto itself again. It certainly is expanding, but it's the entire space that's expanding, not just an edge expanding "outwards."
[QUOTE=Maloof?;37968427]I was talking about going up/coming down relative to any gravitational body
If you're orbiting anything, even the Earth, you're falling towards it; even if your orbit is not decaying or decreasing in height[/QUOTE]
Alright, I understand then.
What I was commenting on was that you said you'd be falling [B]into[/B] whatever you were orbiting.
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