23 mile skydive!

[Steedie]

That was from the test jump, still an incredible photo though

I'm in awe of what I just watched, what an amazing man he is, alpha as ****

 

[oli356]

Great picture!

 

[Westie]

anyone got a video of the whole jump?

i missed it all

 

[VaderDSL]

but there has to be a limit or nasa would just send people up in balloons

What? You realise orbit is around 17,500 MPH, how do you get the balloon to go that fast

If you want to get into orbit you need to pass escape velocity, which is what? 17-18 thousand MPH otherwise you come back down to Earth and going Mach 25 or whatever that is when you hit the atmosphere you heat up to well over 1200 degrees C

 

[fozzybear]

Anyone have a a list handy?

Hight he fell from?
His free fall time?
Top speed hit?
Overall fall time?

128,175 was the last height shown as he was about to jump.

Free fall time was 4min 16 sec.

Top speed seemed to be 729mph.

Overall fall time was around 9 minutes.

 

[Skeeter]

New phone wallpaper.

 

[Jono8]

So he didn't break the speed of sound either?

 

[cu3ed]

I either read it here or elsewhere, but apparently he did say he did pass out, and said he 'could fall to sleep'.

I'm looking forward to this press conference!

I could have sworn thats what I heard over the radio that he nearly passed out or did.

 

[qqg3]

anyone got a video of the whole jump?

i missed it all

There will be highlights on youtube later.

And a feature-length BBC documentary in a few weeks

 

[Skeeter]

What? You realise orbit is around 17,500 MPH, how do you get the balloon to go that fast

If you want to get into orbit you need to pass escape velocity, which is what? 17-18 thousand MPH otherwise you come back down to Earth and going Mach 25 or whatever that is when you hit the atmosphere you heat up to well over 1200 degrees C

Yeah. Escaping to orbit and beyond requires speed and height. Balloons only give you height.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

wonder what g forces were

1



Actually that's not strictly true it could have been 0.999999993

 

[One]

Felix apparently kept his DRS on for too long which is what caused the tumble.

 

[Steedie]

I'm not sure speed of sound was broken either?

Surely you would have seen the sonic boom as he fell

 

[smr]

So he didn't break the speed of sound either?

I thought I saw a Sonic Boom but I don't think it actually was.

 

[Guru]

I hope no-one is underneath that! It would make sense if they had bags of sand or water that way it could disperse over the 77k ft and not land as a single item - that could make a bit of a crater in someone's car/roof etc!

That was from the test jump, still an incredible photo though

I'm in awe of what I just watched, what an amazing man he is, alpha as ****

I think that is CGI.

Wrong cameras.

Still epic.

 

[Steedie]

Felix apparently kept his DRS on for too long which is what caused the tumble.

I heard Grosjean clipped him as he jumped

 

[Glaucus]

I'm not sure speed of sound was broken either?

Surely you would have seen the sonic boom as he fell

Well over the estimated sound barrier of 690mph. Lower pressure lower sound barrier. Same reasons planes brake the sound barrier and aren't doing is it 768mph at sea level.

 

[Resident]

So he didn't break the speed of sound either?

Depends on the height at which he acheived 729mph. The higher you go the lower the speed of sound.

http://www.fighter-planes.com/jetmach1.htm

 

[Buckster]

yup the higher - and therefore lower air pressure the lower the speed of sound

re g forces -the spinning would have made it far greater than 1

 

[VaderDSL]

So he didn't break the speed of sound either?

They need to verify it but it looks like he did, bear in mind I believe the speed to break the sound barrier increases and decreases at differing levels in the atmosphere.