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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 10:38 AM Original message |
1,000 miles an hour!!!!! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. I heard about that. Won't he get a bit warm? |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. He won't be weightless... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yes, he will be weightless. |
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mach2 (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well, he will be "weightless" right when he jumps out but will "gain weight" |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes, the weightlessness at high altitude is because the air is so thin |
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mach2 (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's pretty easy to calculate Vt at low altitudes, it's around 60 M/S for a falling human |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Here's a webpage with some interesting information |
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mach2 (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Son of a gun. I'm surprised we never discussed this in college...I was a sophomore |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. My younger brother is an aeronautical Engineer. |
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mach2 (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Well, I was in the AF back in the 1970s but not doing anything secret. |
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RazBerryBeret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. haha, I agree w/you about AirForce/Intelligence... |
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mach2 (164 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Actually I never worked as an engineer all that much...mostly as a commercial/corporate pilot. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. He will experience weightlessness.? |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. My question too |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Looks like someone told them |
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Skrelnick (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think an American did this in the 1960s or 70s |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Look for the story of Col. Joe Kittinger |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. He tried this in 2002 and 2003, and (apparently) 2006 ... |
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