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Title: so what happens when you break the sound barrier in a space suit?
Post by: mason22 on July 16, 2002, 12:45:34 PM

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,754911,00.html

will he make it or not?

Title: so what happens when you break the sound barrier in a space suit?
Post by: mietla on July 16, 2002, 01:30:01 PM

he'll get to the ground either way.

Title: so what happens when you break the sound barrier in a space suit?
Post by: funkedup on July 16, 2002, 01:32:52 PM

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So what happens when you break the sound barrier in a space suit?

Ask Joe Kittinger, he's been there, done that.

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Post by: Holden McGroin on July 16, 2002, 02:16:30 PM

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/coldwar/pe.htm

Check this out, tells all about Kittenger and Project Excelsior, cold war project where he reached 714 mph, beyopnd mach at that altitude

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Post by: Dux on July 16, 2002, 04:56:47 PM

Now that is falling with style.

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Post by: Gadfly on July 16, 2002, 06:26:03 PM

Where did they find a spacsuit that would fit around his enormus balls?

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Post by: BUG_EAF322 on July 16, 2002, 06:44:40 PM

Very brave job those guys did
:eek:

Title: One large leap for a man.....
Post by: Holden McGroin on July 17, 2002, 04:16:22 PM

Just thot I'd attach this one too

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Post by: miko2d on July 18, 2002, 08:25:18 AM

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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
Very brave job those guys did

 If there is a shred of usefull information about behaviour of spacesuited human upon entering athmosphere that could not have been gained by computer model or  a sensor-equipped telemetry-broadcasting spacesuited crash dummy?

Gadfly: Where did they find a spacsuit that would fit around his enormus balls?
 You sure they don't just look that way compared to his brain? ;)

 miko

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Post by: Holden McGroin on July 18, 2002, 04:18:23 PM

They have a sensor for crash test dummies that measure pucker factor?

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Post by: miko2d on July 19, 2002, 07:35:43 AM

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
They have a sensor for crash test dummies that measure pucker factor?

 What use whoud such measurement be? How do other people apply it to their situation?

 miko

Title: so what happens when you break the sound barrier in a space suit?
Post by: Mathman on July 19, 2002, 02:04:09 PM

All I know is that if this guy doesn't make it, the family will be able to save a lot of money on funeral expenses.  They will be able to bury him in an Altoids box.

Oh, and funked, Kittinger didn't break the sound barrier.  I read an article about his jump and he used a drogue shoot to keep him from flip-flopping around on the way down.  The chute kept him from accelerating beyond the speed of sound.  If he didn't, he could have lost consciousness from tumbling and, well, you know the rest.

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Post by: pimpjoe on July 19, 2002, 03:27:07 PM

thats gonna be one HELL of a stop when he pulls the cord...what a rush

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Post by: Puck on July 19, 2002, 05:08:26 PM

For one there's not a lot of air where he's going to be breaking the sound barrier.  For another he'll be at terminal velicity when he pops, so it won't be any worse than a HALO.  In fact, the 1000 meter pop is significantly higher than a HALO; he'll have quite a bit more time to deal with malfunctions of the canopy.

Once teminal velocity drops below the mach he'll go subsonic again.  

Ballsy?  You bet.  Necessary?  Not a chance.  Worth doing?  Of course.  Why climb mountains or sail beyond the sunset?

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Post by: whgates3 on July 20, 2002, 02:43:29 AM

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Originally posted by miko2d

 If there is a shred of usefull information about behaviour of spacesuited human upon entering athmosphere that could not have been gained by computer model or  a sensor-equipped telemetry-broadcasting spacesuited crash dummy?

 

computer model?
not in 1959

sensor-equipped telemetry-broadcasting spacesuited crash dummy?
wouldn't have had the same aerodynamic nor physiological properties as a gung-ho soldier

also, the web plainly states they had a limited budget, most of which was probably spent on helium for the balloon & burbon for the captain