23 mile skydive!

[easyrider]

Was boring i thought... I could fall out of the sky takes no skill at all.........

cool tho

So spinning at 700mph and correcting yourself into a stable position takes no skill?

 

[lucy_bee]

Was boring i thought... I could fall out of the sky takes no skill at all.........

cool tho

Go try it.

We'll all laugh at the person who said it takes no skill when you go splat on the floor

 

[One]

Do you remember when he was struggling to get the door open ?

Would have been lethal had he been trapped inside with just 10 mins of oxygen left which begs me to ask if the capsule could have made it back to earth in that time

The capsule had plenty of oxygen, it can also land with him in it, it's a bit of a bump though apparently. Also he was only struggling to get the door open because the pressures hadn't quite equalised, once it started to open it opened straight away.

 

[DJMK4]

Im going to wallow in the corner, I maybe watch the press conference, seeing as I havnt actually seen it yet! my fault

Congrats to him though, cant imagine to begin to think what it would be like seeing that as you are freefalling, instant jizz in your pants moment fo sure

 

[Subliminal Aura]

The capsule had plenty of oxygen, it can also land with him in it, it's a bit of a bump though apparently. Also he was only struggling to get the door open because the pressures hadn't quite equalised, once it started to open it opened straight away.

Damn it... totally forgot about directly using the capsule oxygen which is what he was doing whilst climbing

Thanks for that

 

[qqg3]

Was boring i thought... I could fall out of the sky takes no skill at all.........

cool tho

I want to believe you are being sarcastic.

 

[One]

Im going to wallow in the corner, I maybe watch the press conference, seeing as I havnt actually seen it yet! my fault

The press conference already happened?

 

[melchy]

No still waiting for it to start.

 

[V F]

So spinning at 700mph and correcting yourself into a stable position takes no skill?

I cannot even begin to imagine trying to do it. But if one has 5 years of experience as him... on this project, it's like riding a bike.

The speed alone he was spinning looked insane let alone the free fall. I dread to think what it must have felt like.

 

[norm]

Wouldn't the spin naturally correct itself as the air density increased?

 

[The_One]

yes there no way he corrected it himself spinning at nearly 700mph

 

[Glaucus]

Wouldn't the spin naturally correct itself as the air density increased?

No, it's all to Dow it's aerodynamics, if you haven't got your body in the right position you'll spin.

yes there no way he corrected it himself spinning at nearly 700mph

What rubbish and he wasn't spinning at 700mph,

 

[mranderson]

Like, jump out of the ISS you mean? That might even be out of redbulls price range

Wowwwww that would be really something but will need brakes well before even getting close to where Felix jumped from

 

[Kenai]

Press conference video is back up, starting shortly

 

[Scythe]

Press conference just came on, starting shortly

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Im going to wallow in the corner, I maybe watch the press conference, seeing as I havnt actually seen it yet! my fault

You've seen this ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943194

 

[V F]

I wonder what the sensation must have felt like. Would the body feel so light due to him traveling so fast? then once he felt the density in the air it then felt heavy? I can't stop imagining that drop off as his stomach would have felt it was left back at the pod platform.

 

[Vampire]

Conference is starting.

 

[One]

I see Kittinger

 

[DJMK4]

Jumping from the ISS ? In zero gravity? Id like to see that