Why don't we hear much about this guy's skydive?

Seir · Post by **Seir** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:02 pm

All I have to say is holy shiat...to jump from that high has to take balls of steel.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 05&q=space

Post by **Blaze** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:08 pm

Something about that makes me say "faked", but I can't put my finger on what.

Though I suppose if it was on Discovery science.

Negative Polarity · Post by **Negative Polarity** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:08 pm

If I remember correctly, that's called a HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) Parachute Maneuver. But, yeah, that guy definately has some huge cajones on him.

yoctobot · Post by **yoctobot** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:17 pm

I cant watch the video at work but wouldnt that guy burn up upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere?

Post by **Blaze** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:26 pm

[quote="yoctobot";p="585138"]I cant watch the video at work but wouldnt that guy burn up upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere?[/quote]

That's one thing I thought.

iMav · Post by **iMav** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:36 pm

Seeing as he went up in a balloon, I don't imagine he left the atmosphere. And I assume that for a person to burn up in the atmosphere, they'd have to be going a good mark faster.

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:59 pm

To burn up in the atmosphere you would have to LEAVE the atmosphere... and he was still IN the atmosphere if he went outside of the earths atmosphere he would have been caught in earths orbit, thus died because there is no way for him to get out of it.. unless he was outfitted with somekinf of high pressured air spray.. llike in his suit to counteract the earths pull ... how do you think the space shuttle can just float in space on there missions to the international space station wihtout falling back down?

Post by **Blaze** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:01 am

To burn up in the atmosphere you would have to LEAVE the atmosphere

No, no, you'd only have to leave the stratosphere. I betcha that balloon could make it to the ionosphere.

Cyrus · Post by **Cyrus** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:43 am

Thats awsome, that takes balls of..... that takes balls the equivlant of or close to that of.... CHUCK NORRIS!

kaiju01 · Post by **kaiju01** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:44 am

Blackie wrote:... how do you think the space shuttle can just float in space on there missions to the international space station wihtout falling back down?

Are you referring to a shuttle docking operation? *maintains composure*

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:49 am

no lol... i don't mean when the shuttle docks... i was using it as an example...
anytime the space shuttle is sent on a mission to the earth orbit it just stays there for a week or so without any power of it's own, docking with the international spaec station is one of many things it can do

kaiju01 · Post by **kaiju01** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:53 am

LOL. U know that the shuttle is not using rockets or gas jets to maintain an orbit about the earth, rite?

Perhaps I'm not understanding your first post. The shuttle clearly uses thrusters to move around up there, but your teaser question at the end just boggles me a bit.

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:00 am

lol i know that... i said if he was in orbit he would need rockets or gas jets to break OUT of orbit ... so if he did leave the atmosphere he would be stuck there

kaiju01 · Post by **kaiju01** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:07 am

I wasn't arguing that point lolz... I see that your final question was skillfully chosen rhetoric meant to enlighten we forumites on orbital mechanics. I salute you, sir, lol...

Jezebel · Post by **Jezebel** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:28 am

God Jesse don't u know anything about orbital mechanics????

Next up, blackie teaches you a lesson in physics.

...lolz...

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