space dive: beating joe kittinger's historic jump. RED BULL?

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I hope they don't beat his record, would be cool to watch in HD though
 
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For all intensive purposes, Joe was the first man in space. No one will be that.
 
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kaudbron said:
I hope they don't beat his record
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Why not? Records are meant to be broken.



As for the Red Bull jump...awesome. No matter what happens, it'll be entertaining.
 
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I smelled jumping 37 miles away. I hope they are able to! Kittinger's record was made in 1960! I have to look up the exact number, but something like 104,000 feet. The step read "Highest step on earth." Or something close to that. A record that has remained untouched for 50 years is impressive by any stretch of the imagination.
 
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Irregardless of what he said, you understand! :)
 
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Doug Taylor said:
Irregardless of what he said, you understand! :)
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That looks awesome! I can't wait to see it.

The first time I saw the motorcycle stunt where the guy jumped up onto the Bellagio sign and then jumped back down, I thought it was some CG trickery. These high profile stunts are just a great spectacle to watch.
 
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mxflyer said:
It's fine, just don't take spell check for granite. :D
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Did those old granite tablets have spell check? :rotfl:

Imagine being the guy who Ceaser commissioned to chisel some large script on the side of the government palace and at the end, mess it up. I imagine the tigers were happy that night.
 
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wow. I think it is Awesome (yeah, Im a product of the 80's) that a new generation is finally showing the urge to explore and see science as having great potential for mankind... Godspeed on your flight Felix...
:clap::beer::clap::beer::clap:
 
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Hawks said:
Did those old granite tablets have spell check? :rotfl:

Imagine being the guy who Ceaser commissioned to chisel some large script on the side of the government palace and at the end, mess it up. I imagine the tigers were happy that night.
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Yeah, "intentives purposes", "irregardless", also granite. Just playing along, ;).

Now, Irregardless of the thread getting a bit side tracked. I think it’s awesome that Red Bull is sponsoring this. For all intensive purposes the private sector has a lot to offer in the space realm. There are a lot of benefits and technology we have that were pioneered for space, most of which we take for granite. Hopefully they can set some new records and raise the bar.
 
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What is the difference (on your body) between breaking the sound barrier in an aircraft versus doing so with just your body?
 
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BCTAv8r said:
What is the difference (on your body) between breaking the sound barrier in an aircraft versus doing so with just your body?
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If I remember correctly from high school physics, your speed would stop growing at terminal velocity.... correct?
 
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