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To: Desdemona

The altitude and lack of oxygen will kill you just as fast.

People have jumped from balloons at 100,000 feet. Yes, you need a protective suit. It make no difference in the case of the shuttle.

403 posted on 02/03/2003 8:50:00 AM PST by js1138

To: js1138

Show me a balloon that goes as fast as a shuttle on reentry...

404 posted on 02/03/2003 8:50:38 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.)

To: js1138

People have jumped from balloons at 100,000 feet.

Yes, but this was 200,000 at Mach 18, not practically at a stand-still.

406 posted on 02/03/2003 8:51:23 AM PST by Desdemona

To: js1138

People have jumped from balloons at 100,000 feet

Not at Mach 18...

487 posted on 02/03/2003 9:42:22 AM PST by GodBlessRonaldReagan (where is Scotty Moore when we need him most?)

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