Forget sky diving, space divings where its at...

droolinggimp said:
Speeds over 600mph like that was claimed to of been doing surely must make a real Hoooge spread on the pavement..
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I am pretty sure you would slow to terminal velocity before reaching the ground, so the same as a normal jump. However it still won't look pretty :p

Jono said:
Would trust that space suit. It's french. Look, made by Citroen.
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All the bits will fall off, air con will die but it'll still run just fine ;)
 
The question is, would you do it? I imagine it would it would be all great on the way up, but as soon as reality hits so would some sort of common sense. :D
 
Is there a certain height above which it all just seems "high"? Obviously there is a massive difference between jumping off a chair and jumping off a house and similarly a massive difference between jumping off a house and jumping out of a plane, but at what height are you just "high" and any increase in height doesnt seem to make much difference anymore? :confused:
 
Mat said:
Is there a certain height above which it all just seems "high"? Obviously there is a massive difference between jumping off a chair and jumping off a house and similarly a massive difference between jumping off a house and jumping out of a plane, but at what height are you just "high" and any increase in height doesnt seem to make much difference anymore? :confused:
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Well when did a skydive, it didn't really feel that heigh up. It was more like jumping towards a very large map with a lot of wind hitting me. I would absolutely love to do a skydive from the edge of space. It would be even better with those glide wings people use, so you could extennd the flight once you get into the atmopsphere. :)
 
Dave said:
2500 mph? Maybe not quite so fast . :p
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Ja but at 120K ft there is almost no atmosphere, so as people have allready discussed you have to be travelling much faster through this less dense air to reach the point where the force of gravity pulling you towards the earth is the same as the force of friction pushing you in the opposite direction (Terminal velocity at this point in space). Seems like some people are referring to terminal velocity like it's a set value. It's not.

Also, you wouldn't burn up from 120'000 feet, for one they wouldn't be trying it if you did and your not really far enough out to pick up enough speed for that to happen. Jet fighters don't set on fire when travelling near that speed do they?

You have to be going much faster through air that thin for air friction to be so great it acctually starts burning stuff and as you get into the denser air you'll slow down, I'd expect quite quickly too seeing as a person is relatively light
 
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Alex_6n2 said:
You have to be going much faster through air that thin for air friction to be so great it acctually starts burning stuff and as you get into the denser air you'll slow down, I'd expect quite quickly too seeing as a person is relatively light
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Concorde flys at Mach 2 at 18.3km (60000 feet), traveling at 2500mph (mach 3.3 ish) when you hit 60000 feet would cause considerable temperature increase, concordes nose sees temps in excess of 100 C, so depending on what sort of effect the friction has on you slowing down, you may see a large temp increase.

KaHn
 
to the folks trying to figure out how fast things fall etc. The Nasa equation is correct, but its an equation showing objects falling through an atmosphere. In short all objects fall at the same rate regardless of mass if all other constants are equal (i.e. no air), in an atmosphere they will fall at differeing rates depending on the effects of the atmosphere on them. Simple as that really
 
KaHn said:
Concorde flys at Mach 2 at 18.3km (60000 feet), traveling at 2500mph (mach 3.3 ish) when you hit 60000 feet would cause considerable temperature increase, concordes nose sees temps in excess of 100 C, so depending on what sort of effect the friction has on you slowing down, you may see a large temp increase.

KaHn
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Aye I'm not saying you won't see any temperature changes, but you won't burst into a fireball like someone suggested earlier. At least, that was the point I was trying to make.
 
I think the probem is coming from the diffrerence from falling from 150,00 feet, and falling from a platform orbiting the earth.

Falling from a static position you'd be fallig at 2,500 mph. 'Jumping' towards the earth from orbit you'd be doing 25,000 mph, like the shuttle on re-entry and would be subject to far more extreme conditions.
 
when skydiving does it feel like a rollercoaster? or is it different because its just your body making you fall, or is it just like sticking your head out of a car window but a bit faster?

i cant imagine what falling from pace would be like, amazing experience though, would love to do it :P
 
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