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Posted: Oct 14 2012 at 11:10pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
So who else watched Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos free fall this morning? It was really amazing. Great opportunity for some science study (speed of sound/Mach speed, atmospheric layers, stratosphere, meteorology & weather balloons, space travel)



Records broken:

~Fastest freefall: Maximum vertical velocity without a drogue chute - 373m/s, 1342.8 kmph, 833.9mph (Mach 1.24)
~Highest jump (exit) - exit at 128,100 feet (39,045 metres)
~Longest freefall without a drogue chute - 4 mins 20 seconds, 119,846 feet in freefall (36,529m)


You Tube video of freefall

Red Bull Stratos official website
~Fun interactive from the site

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A visual of the first layers of the atmosphere to get perspective of how high the jump was.



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Posted: Oct 15 2012 at 11:37pm | IP Logged Quote Erica Sanchez
We watched and were totally taken with it all, but did not get too much into the science (because I am lazy that way). We did spend too much time watching this guy's previous and sometimes illegal jumps all over the world.

We all thought this latest jump was totally amazing!

Thanks for your information above, Mary. I'm going to have my kids come here tomorrow and take a look at that chart.

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