Red Bull Stratos

ngates_EC

ngates_EC

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A lot of you guys have probably heard that this guy Felix Baumgartner is going to jump from 120,000ft (23 miles) sometime this year. But for those of you who haven't check it out. It's pretty crazy. He is supposed to travel at the speed of sound. Will he live?

Here's a link to the site. Anybody know when the date for it is?

http://www.redbullstratos.com/
 
umm he wont reach the speed of sound cus every object has a speed that they cant fall any faster and for humans that is 120mph. dont ask question i got it from mythbusters
 
hurp durp the atmosphere isn't that thick however high up he's traveling and humans can reach a velocity around the speed of sound if they are high enough.

 
yeah that's what I don't get, but the compression in his suit is crazy cause it changes in accordance with the air pressure so he doesn't blow up i guess.
 
oh fuck looks like we have to give a little lecture here.

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The atmosphere is not as thick as you reach up into 20 miles of orbit as it is here close to Earth. Your idea of terminal velocity only applies to a more traditional skydiving jump, where most people would likely to be falling and need to know that information, is around 120mph.

He will be much higher than that, with less air resistance falling for an extended period of time. If you really want to calculate it out, yes he can potentially reach the speed of sound.
 
haha i was gonna agree with the max velocity thing untill you reminded me that it wasnt gonna be in the atmosphere
 
I'm interested to see how it will go. If it's being streamed live then they obviously have a lot of confidence about this.
 
I would assume they have it on a slight delay, so if anything bad actually happened they could cut the stream before anyone knew.
 
wanted to call you a retard, saw that a bunch of other people already had called you a retard, and am still going to call you a retard.

you are a retard.
 
What your talking about kind sir is referred to as Free Fall

free fall or free-fall[/b] (fr
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)n.[/i]1. The fall of a body within the atmosphere without a drag-producing device such as a parachute.

2. The ideal falling motion of a body that is subject only to the earth's gravitational field.

3. Rapid uncontrolled decline

Now, what we are really looking for (WITH AIR PUSHING UPWARD ON THE MOVING BODY)

Terminal Velocity

noun1.Physics .a.the velocity at which a falling body moves

through amedium, as air, when the force

of resistance of themedium is equal in

magnitude and opposite in directionto

the force of gravity.

b.the maximum velocity of a body falling

through a viscousfluid.

THIS IS TERMINAL VELOCITY! Science explains that a falling object can only pick up so much speed as to where it will stay constant at a set speed due to the upward force of the air rushing at you.









ONE MORE (HOW FAST IS HUMAN TERMINAL VELOCITY?) (Avg.)

"There are terminal velocities ranging anywhere from 121 miles per hour, which is the average human terminal velocity and 240 miles per hour or higher for something like a hawk"

http://access.aasd.k12.wi.us/wp/baslerdale/2011/12/02/how-fast-is-terminal-velocity/

SPARK NOTES: THUNT836 is fucktard.

 
you think i didnt take high school physics just like the rest of the fucking country?

terminal velocity is entirely relevant to drag, or air resistance. the kid i quoted forgot that the atmosphere thins as you get closer to space, thus nullifying the idea of the 120mph terminal velocity. Yes, he will decelerate down to 120mph eventually as he approaches the ground, but at higher altitudes where drag is much lower, terminal velocity will be above mach 1.

you sir are the fucktard. please sit down.
 
Not multi-staged. It is a Precision Aerodynamics parachute and reserve that was made to withstand extreme environments, but to most people it would look like any other parachute. People couldn't pick it out of a line up. And it is in a Velocity Sports rig (same people who make the infinity if you're a skydiver). In his gear, from under 30K feet he falls at about 140-160 mph. I've deployed from faster than that before with no injuries or damage to my gear.

All parachutes that are designed to open at any terminal velocity have reefing devices, called a sliders, that keep the canopy from opening instantly. Once Felix is at a deployable altitude (which is a huge range) he could deploy at any time. This is pretty sweet!
 
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