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Daredevil to Plunge From Outer Space in Supersonic Suit (update from March)
FOX NEWS ^
| 04/11/10
| John R. Quain
Posted on 04/11/2010 1:38:56 PM PDT by Doogle
Skydiving is dangerous. Skydiving from a plane in outer space can kill you, with temperatures that can freeze a body and pressure that can boil blood. To survive his 23-mile plunge from the edge of space, Felix Baumgartner will depend on a truly unique new spacesuit.
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TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: felixbaumgartner; josephkittinger; kittinger; space; spacediving; spacejump
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To: tophat9000
After this is done I’m waiting for the next person to try an orbital re-entry from the space station or from an orbital spaceplane.
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posted on
04/11/2010 2:31:21 PM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
To: tophat9000
Joseph Kittinger is working as an advisor for the team. He’s a true hero.
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posted on
04/11/2010 2:44:54 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(The Party of Know.)
To: norton
"Only took fifty years to find another guy willing to risk it. And, like Yeager, Kittinger essentially took that risk for free."
And that's the way we were. We had "the right stuff." Gawd! I miss that America. We were really something back then. Young and broad shouldered. Space (the high ground) was ours for the taking. Clear steady eyes on the future. What happened to us?
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posted on
04/11/2010 2:46:22 PM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(Will work for ammo)
To: Doogle
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posted on
04/11/2010 2:46:25 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Doogle
His life insurance premiums murder.
To: Doogle
Yikes!
His life insurance premiums murder = His life insurance premiums must be murder.
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
There seems to be some disagreement on where the “edge” of space is. I’ve heard 60 miles referred to as the edge at one point. My money is on where planes can no longer fly without oxygenated fuel.
To: GeronL
That was Star Trek: Generations. In the original script, the movie starts with James Kirk doing a dangerous orbital skydiving thing, trying to recapture the thrill of his younger days.
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posted on
04/11/2010 4:16:58 PM PDT
by
Sloth
(Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
To: dfwgator
LOL! Super Dave! Perfect!
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posted on
04/11/2010 4:24:45 PM PDT
by
Dahoser
(Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
To: Sloth
There is a good space-jump sequence in the new Star Trek (2009) movie.
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posted on
04/11/2010 4:42:15 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: RockyMtnMan
Several definitions have been used, the lowest of which is 50 miles (US Military and NASA astronaut badges). The others are the international standard 100 km (62.1 miles, The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Kármán line), NASA’s reentry altitude 76 miles, and around 100 miles, the lowest a satellite can remain in orbit for a period of time.
To: PowderMonkey
"What happened to us? "I think the bad guys took over while the rest of us were in Vietnam.
But that's just my own, biased, egocentric, probably racist and clearly paranoid point of view.
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posted on
04/11/2010 6:19:39 PM PDT
by
norton
To: norton
PS:
I crossed paths with Kittinger a couple of times;
Helluva guy from what I could see.
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posted on
04/11/2010 6:23:16 PM PDT
by
norton
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