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A Google Exec Just Skydived 136K Feet, Smashing the World Record | WIRED
All in secret, with no hype.
All in secret, with no hype.
I'd love to skydive, but i'll go lower to the ground first...isnt there a guy here that dives?
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I'd love to skydive, but i'll go lower to the ground first...isnt there a guy here that dives?
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Right above you.
Highest I've ever been is 21K with Oxygen. And it was COLD and THIN even there. There is NOTHING to fly with at that Altitude I can't even imagine...
He was traveling initially at 800 M.P.H. and created a sonic boom. Great feat and he did it on the cheap. Can't say much about jumping from a weather balloon, at least it wasn't a perfectly good plane
I can't believe the human body can stand the transition to super sonic and back. I remember reading that some planes have issues dealing the the stresses.
I believe it's got something to do with the mass of the object, and how high and thin the air is to reach that speed.
That's truly amazing. I imagine the most dangerous part of the flight is the time it takes for the balloon to get high enough for the chute to open if he needed to abort. I wonder how he controlled spin and how he decelerated from super sonic to slow enough to open the chute? I have been told y a NASA buddy that there is very little different force wise as you push through the speed of sound. The boom happens behind the object and is barely noticeable if you are the one who created it.
I wonder at what altitude do you start to really feel less gravity?