felix baumgartner...

[kvuo75]

Apples & oranges...IMO, I love astronauts but I can't see any of them wanting to EVA from orbit to a parachute, bu then again Felix ain't no Neal Armstrong either. I say let them enjoy the ride while it lasts. 

yea its apples and oranges, but they kept calling this "space jump" and whatnot.. 120,000msl doing 25mph ground speed is not "space". Apple.   1,100,000msl doing 17500mph with no way home without rocket fuel to slow you down enough for re-entry is "space". Orange.

[B4Buster]

kvuo, ground speed is really a moot figure in both cases.

[W7LPNRICK]

...what he said. Ground speed?   

[kvuo75]

orbital speed then.

it's the reason you cant parachute from orbit, no matter how hard you try. you need to first slow down enough to fall back into the atmosphere, then be able to survive re-rentry.


balloon guy didn't have to worry bout any of that.

[MK-84]

orbital speed then.

it's the reason you cant parachute from orbit, no matter how hard you try. you need to first slow down enough to fall back into the atmosphere, then be able to survive re-rentry.


balloon guy didn't have to worry bout any of that.

That does not make his accomplishment any less impressive.

[titanic3]

orbital speed then.

it's the reason you cant parachute from orbit, no matter how hard you try. you need to first slow down enough to fall back into the atmosphere, then be able to survive re-rentry.


balloon guy didn't have to worry bout any of that.

You make it sound like anyone can do it. You should volunteer to try to break his record. 

[kvuo75]

You make it sound like anyone can do it. You should volunteer to try to break his record. 

I heard that richard branson was considering it.. LOL

I'm not saying I would do it, just that _real_ spaceflight is much more interesting and impressive.

[vafiii]

I heard that he used his dingy like a rudder to come out of the spin. Apparently it worked.