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The highest/mach1freefall jump is set for today
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This is the one i'm using - which I think is the same
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gotta love 80's rock.... had a mullet once upon a time!
Yeah me too , Now look at me - Never went for the Perm look though, that was a step too far
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Quite a long feature just on the BBC news explaining fully the full-risk about the launch and the first 3,000 ft explaining if anything goes wrong before reaching that height - he will die, purely because none of the safety chutes would have time to open. And the Balloon is most vulnerable at the lower heights, being designed for the high atmosphere conditions at 120,000 ft.
and given the balloon alone has a height equivalant to a 55 storey building. The Launch crew are not worried about the Jump itself but are shitting - themselves in regard to this critical first 3,000 ft
and given the balloon alone has a height equivalant to a 55 storey building. The Launch crew are not worried about the Jump itself but are shitting - themselves in regard to this critical first 3,000 ft
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Sound feed has started - only for an update, thats predicting a GO.
The BBC news also talked about the last two (an American and a Russian) that both died making a similar attempt. Both due to 'Visor failure" on exit. At only 2% of the air pressure (and oxygen) at ground level, evidently the blood also boils away in a matter of seconds.
Interesting that today is also the 50th anniversary (to the day) of Chuck Yeager breaking the Sound Barrier for the very first-time in X-1.. The naysayers predicted he would die due to the "pressure-wave" wonder what he would have thought of doing it without a Plane at the time
The BBC news also talked about the last two (an American and a Russian) that both died making a similar attempt. Both due to 'Visor failure" on exit. At only 2% of the air pressure (and oxygen) at ground level, evidently the blood also boils away in a matter of seconds.
Interesting that today is also the 50th anniversary (to the day) of Chuck Yeager breaking the Sound Barrier for the very first-time in X-1.. The naysayers predicted he would die due to the "pressure-wave" wonder what he would have thought of doing it without a Plane at the time
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