I wonder when he will start to notice the drop in altitude visually...
But once he has gone supersonic, travelling at the speed of a bullet, the air resistance will start to pick up as the atmosphere becomes more dense and he can move himself into the more stable ‘delta’ position - arms and legs spread out, body parallel to the ground - that you normally see being used by skydivers.
Assuming he makes it through intact, Baumgartner, his spacesuit fitted with cameras recording his stomach-churning descent, will freefall for some five-and-a-half minutes before pulling his main parachute at 5,000ft.
Some ten to 15 minutes later, with luck he will touch down near Roswell.
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But once he has gone supersonic, travelling at the speed of a bullet, the air resistance will start to pick up as the atmosphere becomes more dense and he can move himself into the more stable ‘delta’ position - arms and legs spread out, body parallel to the ground - that you normally see being used by skydivers.
Assuming he makes it through intact, Baumgartner, his spacesuit fitted with cameras recording his stomach-churning descent, will freefall for some five-and-a-half minutes before pulling his main parachute at 5,000ft.
Some ten to 15 minutes later, with luck he will touch down near Roswell.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2217412/Felix-Baumgartner-Supersonic-skydiver-begins-set-drop-120-000-feet.html#ixzz29IND0oEm
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