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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #45 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:51 »
chute deployed
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #46 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:48 »
That spin the first minute had me worried for a bit to be honest.
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #47 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:08 »
Permission to sing Freefalling!
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #48 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:27 »
The eagle has landed
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #49 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:19 »
Did he broke the speed record?

I saw the est. speed indicated more than 1,170 km/h at time.
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #50 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:33 »
Speed record yes, longest freefall sadly no.

Anyways, bravo Felix. That man seriously has some balls. Overwhelming to watch this jump.
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #51 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:36 »
Jumps from 120,000 FT, lands like a boss.
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #52 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:34 »
I though it would be possible to see his jump by the cameras mounted on his uniform - I thought he turned on some cameras on him before the jump, didn't he?

Anyway, this guy has balls!  ;D

Edit: And how you can brake the longest freefall record and speed record in the same time - doesn't make sense...
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #53 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:51 »
Churned my stomach when he jumped. Whooh, awesome.
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #54 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:42 »
Quote from: siben on 14-10-2012, 20:10:48
That spin the first minute had me worried for a bit to be honest.
Yeah, that looked quite dangerous, he was spinning all over the place.

I´m glad he made it and also a bit glad that he didn´t break the freefall record. That way Kittinger has kept his own, while Baumgartner still broke 3 records.

I´m not sure if he was faster than sound, though. Wiki says that speed of sound is 343 m/s or 1234,8 km/h and as Zoo said, he was slower than that. His chute also opened before the planed 5000 feet, so maybe he really was too slow.

Good job, anyway. I´m glad he came down safe. The view his cameras provided was spectacular and when he stepped off the platform I really held my breath. Balls of steel!
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #55 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:23 »
One of the tweets to #LiveJump:

Felix Baumgardner is now the most famous Austrian*

*without a mustache
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #56 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:23 »
Quote from: hOMEr_jAy on 14-10-2012, 20:10:42
I´m not sure if he was faster than sound, though. Wiki says that speed of sound is 343 m/s or 1234,8 km/h and as Zoo said, he was slower than that. His chute also opened before the planed 5000 feet, so maybe he really was too slow.
The speed of sound is 340m/s at sea level. At an altitude of 30 000m it's only 300m/s.
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #57 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:23 »
Whatever, fucking sick !
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #58 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:46 »
Quote from: Lightning on 14-10-2012, 20:10:23
The speed of sound is 340m/s at sea level. At an altitude of 30 000m it's only 300m/s.
Aaah, I see. So it seems like he made it. Can´t wait for the exact data from the capsule plus the footage from his own cameras. Will make for some spectacular images.
Btw, did someone understand what he said before he jumped?
Also, is Youtube down? :D
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Re: From Space to Earth in 17 minutes (± 3)
« Reply #59 on: 14-10-2012, 20:10:17 »
He said that it looks quite high from here or something like that!  ;D

So was there any transmission from his cameras during the jump?
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