From fork-admin@xent.com Fri Sep 13 20:45:07 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 944DB16F03 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:45:06 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:45:06 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8DJfQC32333 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:41:27 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DED2940DF; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:38:05 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from hughes-fe01.direcway.com (hughes-fe01.direcway.com [66.82.20.91]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0306B29409A for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:37:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spinnaker ([64.157.32.1]) by hughes-fe01.direcway.com (InterMail vK.4.04.00.00 201-232-137 license dcc4e84cb8fc01ca8f8654c982ec8526) with ESMTP id <20020913194106.BWPD670.hughes-fe01@spinnaker> for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:41:06 -0400 Subject: Re: The Big Jump Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) From: Chuck Murcko To: fork@example.com In-Reply-To: <3D7CE662.9040000@permafrost.net> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.482) Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:40:23 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by dogma.slashnull.org id g8DJfQC32333 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.4 required=7.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT_APPLEMAIL version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: The USAF had a program in the 1959-1960 in which successful free jumps were made from balloons at up to ~32 km (100,000 ft.). The relevance was astronauts and SR-71 bailouts. This would top that achievement comfortably. http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/postwwii/pe.htm Chuck On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 11:20 AM, Owen Byrne wrote: > John Hall wrote: > >> Why so fast? Normal terminal velocity is much slower. >> > Not at 40,000 m. I found this article > (http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,53928,00.html) : > > "The last person to try to break the highest free fall record died in > the attempt. In 1965, New Jersey truck driver Nick Piantanida suffered > catastrophic equipment failure when his facemask blew out at 57,000 > feet. Lack of oxygen caused such severe brain damage that he went into > a coma and died four months later." > > And in amongst the flash at > http://www.legrandsaut.org/site_en/ > > you can discover that he will break the sound barrier at 35,000 m, > presumably reaching top speed somewhere above 30,000. > > Owen > >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: fork-admin@xent.com [mailto:fork-admin@xent.com] On Behalf Of >>> bitbitch@magnesium.net >>> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 8:36 AM >>> To: (Robert Harley) >>> Cc: fork@example.com >>> Subject: Re: The Big Jump >>> >>> >>> >>> So uh, would this qualify for the Darwin awards if he doesn't make it? >>> >>> Freaking french people... >>> :-) >>> -BB >>> RH> Today a French officer called Michel Fournier is supposed to get >>> >> in a >> >>> RH> 350-metre tall helium balloon, ride it up to the edge of space (40 >>> >> km >> >>> RH> altitude) and jump out. His fall should last 6.5 minutes and >>> >> reach >> >>> RH> speeds of Mach 1.5. He hopes to open his parachute manually at >>> >> the >> >>> RH> end, although with an automatic backup if he is 7 seconds from the >>> RH> ground and still hasn't opened it. >>> >>> RH> R >>> >>> RH> ObQuote: >>> RH> "Vederņ, si averņ si grossi li coglioni, come ha il re di >>> >> Franza." >> >>> RH> ("Let's see if I've got as much balls as the King of France!") >>> RH> - Pope Julius II, 2 January 1511 >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> bitbitch mailto:bitbitch@magnesium.net >>> >> >> >> > > >