23 mile skydive!

[TW]Sponge · 15 Oct 2012 at 13:37

Hahaha

Nate75 · 15 Oct 2012 at 13:44

quality!

Freefaller · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:06

I was glued to the tv. And kept an eye on the skydiving forums and twitter/news feeds since.

Such an amazing event.

Flare · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:10

Freefaller said:
I was glued to the tv. And kept an eye on the skydiving forums and twitter/news feeds since.

Such an amazing event.

Ah just the person I was looking for, have you head of these guys http://www.halojumpers.com/en.php They do jumps from 30,000ft. One day I will do a jump with them!

Judge · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:19

Hate to say it but am I the only one thinking whats the big deal ?

People skydive everyday, he just did it from higher up ..... Even I could do that so fail to see why this is even news worthy.

Gogl · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:25

I have to say I was absorbed in this a lot more than I thought I would be, when it was getting close to the time I became really invested in it mentally where as previously I hadn't given much thought to it.

G-MAN2004 said:
*image*

Haha, my Dad actually made some joke about Chelsea being involved, probably as special advisers or some such thing

Judge said:
Hate to say it but am I the only one thinking whats the big deal ?

People skydive everyday, he just did it from higher up ..... Even I could do that so fail to see why this is even news worthy.

Yeah I know, it was completely run-of-the-mill stuff. :rolleyes:

NightSt@lk3r · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:26

Judge said:
Even I could do that

Good luck.

Judge · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:28

NightSt@lk3r said:
Good luck.

Well what has he done that nobody else could do really ? Jumped and pulled a parachute at the end .... Yeah thats difficult to do :rolleyes:

NightSt@lk3r · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:31

Judge said:
Well what has he done that nobody else could do really ? Jumped and pulled a parachute at the end .... Yeah thats difficult to do

Well he didn't die for a start, which is what many others have done trying from high altitudes, broke the sound barrier again no one has ever done that in a freefall.

SourChipmunk · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:31

I watched the entire event live yesterday. I was concerned when learning of his visor heaters not working and thinking they were going to abort the mission. Despite my general knowledge of physics, after he kept going up (and accelerating) after the 120k mark it almost seemed like he was just going to keep going. Then during the freefall watching the speed increase that almost seemed like it would keep going up as well. From the infrared cams on the ground and watching that spin, then seeing him right himself, I actually cheered and applauded. And then his landing, seemed like he was moving across the ground at 60+ mph, then suddenly just slowed and landed like he merely jumped out of a tree. The whole experience was amazing to watch.

Firestar_3x · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:34

Judge said:
Hate to say it but am I the only one thinking whats the big deal ?

People skydive everyday, he just did it from higher up ..... Even I could do that so fail to see why this is even news worthy.

Yep, its a total non-event. Would be interesting to chuck you out a 128,000ft and see what happens.

It's totally different to skydiving, you have sub zero, no oxygen in the atmosphire, falling faster than terminal velocity.

Many many things could have gone wrong which would have resulted in him being killed.

Judge · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:35

Firestar_3x said:
Yep, its a total non-event. Would be interesting to chuck you out a 128,000ft and see what happens.

Err, freefall and then pull the parachute .... Its not rocket science

VaderDSL · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:36

Just stick Judge on ignore, no point feeding the troll.

DJMK4 · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:37

Judge said:
Hate to say it but am I the only one thinking whats the big deal ?

People skydive everyday, he just did it from higher up ..... Even I could do that so fail to see why this is even news worthy.

Yeah, that's why Joseph Kittinger's record has been beaten so many times in 50 years :rolleyes:

I very much doubt you would be able to do it, takes a lot of planning, a lot of skill and experience, and a lot of gut and determination, one wrong event in the entire chain of events and you will die.

One · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:39

Judge said:
Hate to say it but am I the only one thinking whats the big deal ?

People skydive everyday, he just did it from higher up ..... Even I could do that so fail to see why this is even news worthy.

It might be a relatively easy task (lets be honest, there is more than 1 man alive that 'could' have done this) but I don't think it's the skill required that is significant. I think what's significant about this is how rarely these things happen. How much planning is involved. How many resources are needed. I also think the footage of a man jumping off a 24 mile high platform, then falling at over 800mph before landing effortlessly on his feet, is incredible.

Judge · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:39

Fine he got the record for highest jump, but what i'm saying is that there is no skill involved in doing it. You jump and pull a parachute, anybody could do that ...

CircleFaust · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:40

Fluttershy said:

suuuuuuuuuperb

DJMK4 · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:42

Judge said:
Fine he got the record for highest jump, but what i'm saying is that there is no skill involved in doing it. You jump and pull a parachute, anybody could do that ...

I am sorry but there is more to it than that

doodah · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:45

Any yet only one person has done it that high and a handful of people (at lower but similar heights) over the last 5 or 6 decades.

inogen · 15 Oct 2012 at 14:46

Judge said:
Fine he got the record for highest jump, but what i'm saying is that there is no skill involved in doing it. You jump and pull a parachute, anybody could do that ...

I reckon if they'd put you up there, or any random punter up, even if you got through the checklist correctly so you didn't blind yourself, suffocate yourself or boil you own blood and you then had the balls to jump, they'd be picking you up off the floor with broken bones after having to open your parachute for you remotely, either unconscious or dead from choking on your own vomit.