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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:41:06 -0400
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Subject: Re: The Big Jump
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From: Chuck Murcko <chuck@topsail.org>
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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:40:23 -0700
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The USAF had a program in the 1959-1960 in which successful free jumps
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were made from balloons at up to ~32 km (100,000 ft.). The relevance was
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astronauts and SR-71 bailouts. This would top that achievement
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comfortably.
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http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/postwwii/pe.htm
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Chuck
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On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 11:20 AM, Owen Byrne wrote:
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> John Hall wrote:
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>
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>> Why so fast? Normal terminal velocity is much slower.
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>>
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> Not at 40,000 m. I found this article
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> (http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,53928,00.html) :
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>
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> "The last person to try to break the highest free fall record died in
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> the attempt. In 1965, New Jersey truck driver Nick Piantanida suffered
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> catastrophic equipment failure when his facemask blew out at 57,000
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> feet. Lack of oxygen caused such severe brain damage that he went into
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> a coma and died four months later."
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>
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> And in amongst the flash at
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> http://www.legrandsaut.org/site_en/
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>
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> you can discover that he will break the sound barrier at 35,000 m,
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> presumably reaching top speed somewhere above 30,000.
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>
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> Owen
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>
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>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> From: fork-admin@xent.com [mailto:fork-admin@xent.com] On Behalf Of
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>>> bitbitch@magnesium.net
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>>> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 8:36 AM
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>>> To: (Robert Harley)
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>>> Cc: fork@spamassassin.taint.org
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>>> Subject: Re: The Big Jump
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>> So uh, would this qualify for the Darwin awards if he doesn't make it?
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>>>
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>>> Freaking french people...
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>>> :-)
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>>> -BB
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>>> RH> Today a French officer called Michel Fournier is supposed to get
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>>>
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>> in a
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>>
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>>> RH> 350-metre tall helium balloon, ride it up to the edge of space (40
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>>>
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>> km
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>>
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>>> RH> altitude) and jump out. His fall should last 6.5 minutes and
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>>>
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>> reach
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>>
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>>> RH> speeds of Mach 1.5. He hopes to open his parachute manually at
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>>>
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>> the
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>>
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>>> RH> end, although with an automatic backup if he is 7 seconds from the
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>>> RH> ground and still hasn't opened it.
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>>>
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>>> RH> R
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>>>
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>>> RH> ObQuote:
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>>> RH> "Veder<65>, si aver<65> si grossi li coglioni, come ha il re di
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>>>
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>> Franza."
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>>
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>>> RH> ("Let's see if I've got as much balls as the King of France!")
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>>> RH> - Pope Julius II, 2 January 1511
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>> --
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>>> Best regards,
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>>> bitbitch mailto:bitbitch@magnesium.net
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>>>
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