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Skydiving from 25 Miles Up
chisox writes "The Observer has a story about a retired French army colonel who is soon to make a free fall parachute jump from 25 miles up. In the process he will break the sound barrier, reaching a top speed of mach 1.68 before he opens his parachute 1,000 metres above the Earth. Of course, if the chute doesn't open, the hole he'll make will be about 1,000 metres deep." Well, actually his max speed will be high up and near the earth the atmosphere will have slowed him down to terminal velocity.
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While he's still alive and in one piece.
I wonder if he knows Rocket Guy?
Does it mean I have to go outside?
No, because I just posted something and I have to wait for two minutes. None of this would have happened if I could post logged-in under my troll account. Jamie, you're an asshole.
Will he really experience a sonic boom? If so wouldn't that destroy his ear drums.
Good, let him die then. We all know the world would be a better place without the French.
There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
Genius.
Unmitigated, unaldulterated genius.
How many skydivers have to die before people
realize that -
o - things with wings, fly.
o - things without wings, don't.
if you need a distraction that badly, drop some
acid or something.
christ people.
Damn French. I bet the previous record holder (American) had a beer :)
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Sounds very interesting. I wish him the best of luck in getting this done. I think I read something about him a couple of years ago, though I could be wrong.
I have to admit, considering applications of this, such as parachuting from a Space Shuttle, IIS, etc, it does make you wonder why something like this has not been undertaken by any government agency.
RonB
It is human nature to take shortcuts in thinking.
Wouldn't the amount of force be more than a parachute is used to receiving? This could possible rip a rope or the parachute itself.
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He's sure to make an impact on the skydiving industry.
If the chute doesn't open, yes, it will be.
Nothing is certain, but I'm looking forward to drinking a glass of champagne when I come back to Earth
Well, actually his max speed will be high up and near the earth the atmosphere will have slowed him down to terminal velocity.
Well, actually he'll be at terminal velocity for nearly the entire time... Terminal velocity is dependant on the density of the atmosphere. You'd think that someone that posted a link to a page which defined "terminal velopcity" would have at least read the definition...
So I look at something like this and go how will this advance mankind. The only answer is that it will not. This is like trying to balloon around the world. I think subjuects like this have no0 relevence on slashdot. He could take the money that he is squandering on this and give it to doctors without borders and actually do some good in this world. Isn't it time that postmodernism died.
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Well with people like this around the Darwin awards will never go under
Wired had an article in August 2001 about two other people attempting much the same thing.
Someone should tip off the drilling companies: rather than pay skilled people to operate fancy drilling rigs, just drop the rigs and/or people out of an airplane.
By an American Air Force pilot in the 50's. Rode a baloon up into the stratosphere, and jumped. Is the french dude going to set a record, or is this publicity?
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hearing a story about an American doing something like this a long time ago during the beginning of the space program. If I recall, he took some kind of ballon so high that he needed breathing assistance and then he jumped. He is supposed to be the only man so far to break the sound barrier without mechanical assistance.
I want to say that this was on TLC or Discovery Channel. Can't remember anything else about it.
If the cute doesn't open, the crater he makes will be the same size if jumps from 25 miles or 10,000 feet. That's how terminal velocity works. Sure he'll break Mach 1 in the thin air aloft, but as he gets to into progressivly thicker air he'll be slowed to the same 55 m/s as any other skydiver. As long as he doesn't tuck into a ball or go head first, that is.
He must be really bored to do such a thing.
... this kindof reminds me of the time that guy strapped a solid fuel booster to his Nova trying to break a landspeed record somewhere out in the desert. he hit a solid rock wall probably mere seconds after realizing no less than three critical errors in his planning:
1) solid fuel boosters can't be stopped; once they're ignited they burn till they're used up.
2) at 400 miles per hour those cliffs way off on the horizon approach much faster than you'd have thought.
3) it doesn't really matter how hard you push in on the brake pedal if the car is being propelled by something they use for jet-assisted takeoff of military cargo planes.
For the sane people out there... here's some unit conversions:
25 Miles = 40.2336 Kilometers
1.68 Mach [dry air, 273 Kelvin] = 2005.6498391999999 kilometers/hour
For the insane people out there... here's some unit conversions:
1 Kilometer = 0.621371 Miles
12 Inches = 1 Foot
3 Feet = 1 Yard
1 Mile = 1,760 Yards
1 Mile = 5,280 Feet
1 Miles = 63,360 Inches
Just to give you a taste of some saner things:
1000 millimeter = 1 meter
100 centimeter = 1 meter
1000 meter = 1 kilometer
But wait! There's more!
1000 milliliter = 1 liter
100 centiliter = 1 liter
1000 liter = 1 kiloliter
Just go to onlineconversions and have fun!
If this isn't possible, I wonder how close to possible it is. I saw a *really* high-diving competition on TV (not at a pool, but off a cliff) and I'll bet those guys were getting up towards triple-digit speeds.
Its a plot, the French have decided to take back Canada by dropping old people on them... Oh well at least he won't hit nothin' too important when he crashes into Saskatoon.
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Quoth the article,
The free fall will involve 200 scientific experiments in the stratosphere and the troposphere, some of them linked to the possibility of parachute escapes from stranded space shuttles.
How long will it be until Russia gets in on this action for the space tourist looking for the "econo" trip?
:)
I could imaging sending someone to an altitude lower than the ISS and letting them take a long skydive.
Interesting experience... but could they ensure survival? I'm sure the standard extreme sport waiver forms would still apply
what if he has to poop on his way down? will he travel with a toilet?
ISTR that the speed of sound changes with air pressure and it's faster when the pressure is lower. The speed of sound at sea level is around 300 m/sec so mach 1.68 at sea level would be around 500 m/sec.
But at 100,000 feet, the speed of sound in that thin air might be 1000 m/sec. So if the guy is falling at 500 m/sec at that altitude, that's really just half the speed of sound there. If he's falling at 1700 m/sec, that sounds awful, sonic booms and all that kind of thing.
So what's the deal?
(* Of course, if the chute doesn't open, the hole he'll make will be about 1,000 metres deep." *)
I hope he does it near my hometown. I always wanted to visit that crater in Arizona, but it is too far and too hot.
We need a local one.
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http://www2.tsixroads.com/Corinth_MLSANDY/jk004
including an amazing shot of him taken from the gondola from which he jumped:
http://www2.tsixroads.com/Corinth_MLSANDY/corin
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Didn't he have some troll about comitting suicide all day today? You'd think this topic would be an easy target.
Will he have a video camera recording the entire experience ? I'm highly curious to see what the view looks like from up there :)
Speed of sound is significantly lower higher in the atmosphere, and since there is less air resistance, he can fall faster.
The last attempt, five miles lower, got pretty close to the speed of sound, this should do it. Not sure how safe it would be, but he should break it.
Of course, if his chute doesn't open, he becomes his own airbrake and bursts into flames.
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Read the article. Jeez.
Lets just hope he does better than the Japanese supersonic jet!
The previous jumper who exceeded the sound barrier (Joe Kittinger) jumped from a height of 19 miles, so we're talking here 6 additional miles here.
Additionally, it is unlikely Michel Fournier will even realise when he breaks the sound barrier due to the fact he would be travelling faster than the noise he actually makes. Kittinger stated when he reached the ground that he didn't believe he actually did break the barrier and had to be assured by scientists watching the drop that he, in fact, did.
To make a pun demonstrates the highest understanding of a language
65 million years ago, the dinosaurs disappeared mysteriously from the earth, supposedly caused by an impact from a meteor or piece of comet.
A.D.2002: A retired French army colonel makes his skydive from 25 miles up. As he approaches mach 1.68, a bright flash is seen, and he vanishes. For years, the mystery of what happened to him remains unsolved.
A.D.2042: It is discovered that at the moment the retired colonel reached mach 1.68, he caused a rift in the space-time continuum and travelled 65 million years back in time and slammed into the earth at 1200MPH, creator a crator and wiping out dinosaur life.
Parachuting from an orbiting shuttle or space station is currently impossible to survive so it would be a bad pr move to be doing it.
I never got why this is so. You simply manage your surface area via a chute so that you decellerate gradually enough not the burn.
Is it just too much heat to disapate for known flexible materials?
What about a surf-board like thingy that acts as the primary shield?
Space surfin' would be bitchin'
Of course, if the chute doesn't open, the hole he'll make will be about 1,000 metres deep.
Geez, some people really have poor physical intuition. How about we drop a skydiving dummy and chisox walks naked in his town for a number of seconds equal to 1,000 minus the depth of the hole? Of course if he's right, he can make a fortune with this technique in the mining industry.
Tonight way going to be awesome. I just got home from work, took a shower, and now i was putting on my favorite outfit! It was Friday night and no one was going to stop me from having a good time tonight. I met up with some of my friends at a gas station down the street. We decided to hit a few clubs, then afterwards, if we didnt hook up with anyone, we were going to go to our favorite bar "Shouters". We had the whole night planned out. We were planning to be feeling the effects of tonight until late sunday evening, hopefully not monday when we all had to go back to work. So we all jumped in the cars and drove over to the strip. We went into a few clubs. danced with a few woman, but the clubs just were not jumpin tonight for some reason. We all began to grow bored of dancing and the loud music, so we all decided to go over to Shouters earlier then what we were planning. We started off with a few beers, then we all just said fuck it, and started ordering the hard shit. After a few shots, and a lot more drinks, I was completely waisted! My friends were not as messed up as i was. So i was sittin there for a while and this dude walks in. He walks right behind me and some how he hit me in the back of the head. I didnt know or care if it was accidental, but I jumped up and started to beat the shit out of this guy. My friend all pulled me off of him and the bartender told me to get the hell out of his bar! I told my friends to stay there and finish there drinks. I would be outside waiting for them. I had to piss so bad, and the only place that was open at that time around there was the bar, and since i couldnt go back in there, i had to look for a place outside. I saw an alley on the side of the building, and decided that I should just go into the alley and do my business. So i unzip my mants, pulled out my dick and proceeded to take a piss right there in the alley. After a few seconds i could hear foot steps behind me. "Hey you know you can get arrested for that!" I heard the voice say. "Fuck off" i told him, and kept going. The footsteps got closer, and as i turned to look, i could see that this guy was huge. about 6'5" 260lbs of hard muscle! I squeezed out the last few drops of piss and the guy grabbed my arms and held them tightly behind me. "
What the hell are you doin!" He grabbed my dick. "Here let me shake it for ya" He dragged me further down the alley. I was trying to yell for help, but it was now use, He put his huge hand over my mouth. No one could hear me. He took me inside a door that led into a room with an old mattress laying on the floor. I was terrified! I didnt know what this guy was going to do with me. He took out some handcuffs and cuffed me to some poles that were on the wall. I was laying on the mattress with my hands cuffed to a pole. I was thinking that maybe he was some weirdo that wanted to torture me! I started to sweat profusely. He came over to me and told me to shut the fuck up. He gagged me so i couldnt yell or say anything. He started to pull my jeans off. Then he slid my boxers off. He walked over to a table and grabbed a pare of scissors. I was terrified. I thought this guy was about to cut my dick off. I tried to scream and yell, but it was no use, the gag was doing its job. No one could hear me. I sighed as he brought the scissors closer and he started to cut my shirt. I had never been so relieved in my life. He cut my shirt off, and i was laying there on the old matress completely nude, gagged and bound to the poles on the wall. He started to take his clothes off. He was completely naked. His body was well muscled, with very light hair on his chest and stomach. His dick was huge! the biggest i had ever seen before!! It was as big around as a beer can and about 7" long, and it wasnt even hard yet! He started to play with himself, attempting to get himself hard i suppose. I saw this thing grow into a fucking monster! It was about a foot long, if not longer, and this thing was so thick!!! He walked over to me and flipped me onto my stomach. I saw him reach for a bottle of something, but i couldnt make out what it was. I felt something wet and cold drizzling onto my ass. He grabbed my ass and spread me wide open. He started to rub this stuff all over my asshole. I almost started to cry as i had figured he was going to stick his huge cock in my ass!!! I was so terrified i think that my pubes where turning grey! I felt his fingers rubbing my ass. All of a sudden i just started getting all these emotions and feeling that i had never had before! I mean sure i have thought about being with another guy before, but what guy hasnt. So as i was laying there with him completely in control, I started to get very aroused. I couldnt believe what was happening.
This guy was about to rape me and i was enjoying it! As he rubbed my asshole i just gave in to the pleasure. My cock started to grow and i pushed my ass upward more so i could get my ass open a little more. Then it happened, he plunged one of his fingers into my ass. Oh my it felt amazing. The feeling was indescribable. I started to moan and buck my ass up and down. Then i felt another finger violate my rectum. I figured that he was loosening me up for his huge pecker. Then he pulled out, and i felt it! It huge cock was at the entrance to my pink virgin bung! I felt him thrust his hips forward, and with one single push the head of his cock was inside of me. The pain was so immense, i thought that he had to of done some major damage to my ass. Then he pushed it all the way in. I started to buck and wiggle my body. it hurt so bad that i had tears running down my face. the pain was immense! Just try shoving a bear can up your virgin ass and tell me how it feels. As this guy was violating my rectum, all i could think about was how hot i was getting. My lust was overriding the pain. It started to feel so amazing having his huge prick inside of me. I couldnt believe what was happening. Oh my god, i had never in my entire life felt something as good as this huge dick being plunged deep into my ass. Then he pulled out. He turned me on my back and saw how hard i was. He asked me if i was enjoying him fucking me like a bitch!. I told him that i was and he knelt down in between my legs. He took my 8" cock into his mouth and began to suck it like a pro! as he was sucking me he was ramming his finger in my ass. I started to moan. It felt so good to have another man sucking me. I started to cum like i had never came before. He just kept his mouth right over my cock and took every bit of my seed into his mouth. he pushed himself up with his massive arms and took the gag from my mouth. He leaned his face towards me and began to stick his tongue in my mouth.
My cum was still in his mouth. the taste was incredible. this was the first time that i had ever in my life tasted cum. I had never even thought about it before. As many times as i had the chance to do it before, i just never though about doing it. But i loved every minute of it. I savored the taste of my cum and his tongue in my mouth. I felt chills going up and down my spine as this fucking hunk had his tongue rammed down my throat. The he grabbed my legs and threw them over his shoulders. He spread my ass again and inserted his huge piece of meat! I moaned and gasped as he shoved it back into my warm man hole. Oh it felt so good. I told him to fuck me like the little bitch that i was. Fuck me until you fill my ass full of your white creamy jism!! He started to fuck me so hard. It was amazing. He started to jerk me off as he was fucking me. Just a few jerks and i was cumming again. All over his stomach and chest. my cum was flying everywhere. I had never came like this before.
This was the best sex i had ever had in my life! I saw his face turn bright red, and his body began to shake. He let out a huge gasp and then he moaned so loud. He must have squirted a fucking gallon of cum into my ass. He was jerking for what seemed like 2 minutes straight, when he finally finished he dropped over on top of me and told me that it was the best he had ever had!. He told me how tight i was and how he loved ripping me open!. I told him that it was the best fucking sex i had ever had. He said that he didnt want me to have any hard feelings. it was just that he liked what he saw, and he takes what he likes. I told him that it wasnt a problem, after all. How can you rape the willing?......
Tonight way going to be awesome. I just got home from work, took a shower, and now i was putting on my favorite outfit! It was Friday night and no one was going to stop me from having a good time tonight. I met up with some of my friends at a gas station down the street. We decided to hit a few clubs, then afterwards, if we didnt hook up with anyone, we were going to go to our favorite bar "Shouters". We had the whole night planned out. We were planning to be feeling the effects of tonight until late sunday evening, hopefully not monday when we all had to go back to work. So we all jumped in the cars and drove over to the strip. We went into a few clubs. danced with a few woman, but the clubs just were not jumpin tonight for some reason. We all began to grow bored of dancing and the loud music, so we all decided to go over to Shouters earlier then what we were planning. We started off with a few beers, then we all just said fuck it, and started ordering the hard shit. After a few shots, and a lot more drinks, I was completely waisted! My friends were not as messed up as i was. So i was sittin there for a while and this dude walks in. He walks right behind me and some how he hit me in the back of the head. I didnt know or care if it was accidental, but I jumped up and started to beat the shit out of this guy. My friend all pulled me off of him and the bartender told me to get the hell out of his bar! I told my friends to stay there and finish there drinks. I would be outside waiting for them. I had to piss so bad, and the only place that was open at that time around there was the bar, and since i couldnt go back in there, i had to look for a place outside. I saw an alley on the side of the building, and decided that I should just go into the alley and do my business. So i unzip my mants, pulled out my dick and proceeded to take a piss right there in the alley. After a few seconds i could hear foot steps behind me. "Hey you know you can get arrested for that!" I heard the voice say. "Fuck off" i told him, and kept going. The footsteps got closer, and as i turned to look, i could see that this guy was huge. about 6'5" 260lbs of hard muscle! I squeezed out the last few drops of piss and the guy grabbed my arms and held them tightly behind me. "
What the hell are you doin!" He grabbed my dick. "Here let me shake it for ya" He dragged me further down the alley. I was trying to yell for help, but it was now use, He put his huge hand over my mouth. No one could hear me. He took me inside a door that led into a room with an old mattress laying on the floor. I was terrified! I didnt know what this guy was going to do with me. He took out some handcuffs and cuffed me to some poles that were on the wall. I was laying on the mattress with my hands cuffed to a pole. I was thinking that maybe he was some weirdo that wanted to torture me! I started to sweat profusely. He came over to me and told me to shut the fuck up. He gagged me so i couldnt yell or say anything. He started to pull my jeans off. Then he slid my boxers off. He walked over to a table and grabbed a pare of scissors. I was terrified. I thought this guy was about to cut my dick off. I tried to scream and yell, but it was no use, the gag was doing its job. No one could hear me. I sighed as he brought the scissors closer and he started to cut my shirt. I had never been so relieved in my life. He cut my shirt off, and i was laying there on the old matress completely nude, gagged and bound to the poles on the wall. He started to take his clothes off. He was completely naked. His body was well muscled, with very light hair on his chest and stomach. His dick was huge! the biggest i had ever seen before!! It was as big around as a beer can and about 7" long, and it wasnt even hard yet! He started to play with himself, attempting to get himself hard i suppose. I saw this thing grow into a fucking monster! It was about a foot long, if not longer, and this thing was so thick!!! He walked over to me and flipped me onto my stomach. I saw him reach for a bottle of something, but i couldnt make out what it was. I felt something wet and cold drizzling onto my ass. He grabbed my ass and spread me wide open. He started to rub this stuff all over my asshole. I almost started to cry as i had figured he was going to stick his huge cock in my ass!!! I was so terrified i think that my pubes where turning grey! I felt his fingers rubbing my ass. All of a sudden i just started getting all these emotions and feeling that i had never had before! I mean sure i have thought about being with another guy before, but what guy hasnt. So as i was laying there with him completely in control, I started to get very aroused. I couldnt believe what was happening.
This guy was about to rape me and i was enjoying it! As he rubbed my asshole i just gave in to the pleasure. My cock started to grow and i pushed my ass upward more so i could get my ass open a little more. Then it happened, he plunged one of his fingers into my ass. Oh my it felt amazing. The feeling was indescribable. I started to moan and buck my ass up and down. Then i felt another finger violate my rectum. I figured that he was loosening me up for his huge pecker. Then he pulled out, and i felt it! It huge cock was at the entrance to my pink virgin bung! I felt him thrust his hips forward, and with one single push the head of his cock was inside of me. The pain was so immense, i thought that he had to of done some major damage to my ass. Then he pushed it all the way in. I started to buck and wiggle my body. it hurt so bad that i had tears running down my face. the pain was immense! Just try shoving a bear can up your virgin ass and tell me how it feels. As this guy was violating my rectum, all i could think about was how hot i was getting. My lust was overriding the pain. It started to feel so amazing having his huge prick inside of me. I couldnt believe what was happening. Oh my god, i had never in my entire life felt something as good as this huge dick being plunged deep into my ass. Then he pulled out. He turned me on my back and saw how hard i was. He asked me if i was enjoying him fucking me like a bitch!. I told him that i was and he knelt down in between my legs. He took my 8" cock into his mouth and began to suck it like a pro! as he was sucking me he was ramming his finger in my ass. I started to moan. It felt so good to have another man sucking me. I started to cum like i had never came before. He just kept his mouth right over my cock and took every bit of my seed into his mouth. he pushed himself up with his massive arms and took the gag from my mouth. He leaned his face towards me and began to stick his tongue in my mouth.
My cum was still in his mouth. the taste was incredible. this was the first time that i had ever in my life tasted cum. I had never even thought about it before. As many times as i had the chance to do it before, i just never though about doing it. But i loved every minute of it. I savored the taste of my cum and his tongue in my mouth. I felt chills going up and down my spine as this fucking hunk had his tongue rammed down my throat. The he grabbed my legs and threw them over his shoulders. He spread my ass again and inserted his huge piece of meat! I moaned and gasped as he shoved it back into my warm man hole. Oh it felt so good. I told him to fuck me like the little bitch that i was. Fuck me until you fill my ass full of your white creamy jism!! He started to fuck me so hard. It was amazing. He started to jerk me off as he was fucking me. Just a few jerks and i was cumming again. All over his stomach and chest. my cum was flying everywhere. I had never came like this before.
This was the best sex i had ever had in my life! I saw his face turn bright red, and his body began to shake. He let out a huge gasp and then he moaned so loud. He must have squirted a fucking gallon of cum into my ass. He was jerking for what seemed like 2 minutes straight, when he finally finished he dropped over on top of me and told me that it was the best he had ever had!. He told me how tight i was and how he loved ripping me open!. I told him that it was the best fucking sex i had ever had. He said that he didnt want me to have any hard feelings. it was just that he liked what he saw, and he takes what he likes. I told him that it wasnt a problem, after all. How can you rape the willing?......
There's a new tell-all book detailing how the slashdot crew became ass-goblins. Don't expect the book review on slashdot anytime soon!
Tonight way going to be awesome. I just got home from work, took a shower, and now i was putting on my favorite outfit! It was Friday night and no one was going to stop me from having a good time tonight. I met up with some of my friends at a gas station down the street. We decided to hit a few clubs, then afterwards, if we didnt hook up with anyone, we were going to go to our favorite bar "Shouters". We had the whole night planned out. We were planning to be feeling the effects of tonight until late sunday evening, hopefully not monday when we all had to go back to work. So we all jumped in the cars and drove over to the strip. We went into a few clubs. danced with a few woman, but the clubs just were not jumpin tonight for some reason. We all began to grow bored of dancing and the loud music, so we all decided to go over to Shouters earlier then what we were planning. We started off with a few beers, then we all just said fuck it, and started ordering the hard shit. After a few shots, and a lot more drinks, I was completely waisted! My friends were not as messed up as i was. So i was sittin there for a while and this dude walks in. He walks right behind me and some how he hit me in the back of the head. I didnt know or care if it was accidental, but I jumped up and started to beat the shit out of this guy. My friend all pulled me off of him and the bartender told me to get the hell out of his bar! I told my friends to stay there and finish there drinks. I would be outside waiting for them. I had to piss so bad, and the only place that was open at that time around there was the bar, and since i couldnt go back in there, i had to look for a place outside. I saw an alley on the side of the building, and decided that I should just go into the alley and do my business. So i unzip my mants, pulled out my dick and proceeded to take a piss right there in the alley. After a few seconds i could hear foot steps behind me. "Hey you know you can get arrested for that!" I heard the voice say. "Fuck off" i told him, and kept going. The footsteps got closer, and as i turned to look, i could see that this guy was huge. about 6'5" 260lbs of hard muscle! I squeezed out the last few drops of piss and the guy grabbed my arms and held them tightly behind me. "
What the hell are you doin!" He grabbed my dick. "Here let me shake it for ya" He dragged me further down the alley. I was trying to yell for help, but it was now use, He put his huge hand over my mouth. No one could hear me. He took me inside a door that led into a room with an old mattress laying on the floor. I was terrified! I didnt know what this guy was going to do with me. He took out some handcuffs and cuffed me to some poles that were on the wall. I was laying on the mattress with my hands cuffed to a pole. I was thinking that maybe he was some weirdo that wanted to torture me! I started to sweat profusely. He came over to me and told me to shut the fuck up. He gagged me so i couldnt yell or say anything. He started to pull my jeans off. Then he slid my boxers off. He walked over to a table and grabbed a pare of scissors. I was terrified. I thought this guy was about to cut my dick off. I tried to scream and yell, but it was no use, the gag was doing its job. No one could hear me. I sighed as he brought the scissors closer and he started to cut my shirt. I had never been so relieved in my life. He cut my shirt off, and i was laying there on the old matress completely nude, gagged and bound to the poles on the wall. He started to take his clothes off. He was completely naked. His body was well muscled, with very light hair on his chest and stomach. His dick was huge! the biggest i had ever seen before!! It was as big around as a beer can and about 7" long, and it wasnt even hard yet! He started to play with himself, attempting to get himself hard i suppose. I saw this thing grow into a fucking monster! It was about a foot long, if not longer, and this thing was so thick!!! He walked over to me and flipped me onto my stomach. I saw him reach for a bottle of something, but i couldnt make out what it was. I felt something wet and cold drizzling onto my ass. He grabbed my ass and spread me wide open. He started to rub this stuff all over my asshole. I almost started to cry as i had figured he was going to stick his huge cock in my ass!!! I was so terrified i think that my pubes where turning grey! I felt his fingers rubbing my ass. All of a sudden i just started getting all these emotions and feeling that i had never had before! I mean sure i have thought about being with another guy before, but what guy hasnt. So as i was laying there with him completely in control, I started to get very aroused. I couldnt believe what was happening.
This guy was about to rape me and i was enjoying it! As he rubbed my asshole i just gave in to the pleasure. My cock started to grow and i pushed my ass upward more so i could get my ass open a little more. Then it happened, he plunged one of his fingers into my ass. Oh my it felt amazing. The feeling was indescribable. I started to moan and buck my ass up and down. Then i felt another finger violate my rectum. I figured that he was loosening me up for his huge pecker. Then he pulled out, and i felt it! It huge cock was at the entrance to my pink virgin bung! I felt him thrust his hips forward, and with one single push the head of his cock was inside of me. The pain was so immense, i thought that he had to of done some major damage to my ass. Then he pushed it all the way in. I started to buck and wiggle my body. it hurt so bad that i had tears running down my face. the pain was immense! Just try shoving a bear can up your virgin ass and tell me how it feels. As this guy was violating my rectum, all i could think about was how hot i was getting. My lust was overriding the pain. It started to feel so amazing having his huge prick inside of me. I couldnt believe what was happening. Oh my god, i had never in my entire life felt something as good as this huge dick being plunged deep into my ass. Then he pulled out. He turned me on my back and saw how hard i was. He asked me if i was enjoying him fucking me like a bitch!. I told him that i was and he knelt down in between my legs. He took my 8" cock into his mouth and began to suck it like a pro! as he was sucking me he was ramming his finger in my ass. I started to moan. It felt so good to have another man sucking me. I started to cum like i had never came before. He just kept his mouth right over my cock and took every bit of my seed into his mouth. he pushed himself up with his massive arms and took the gag from my mouth. He leaned his face towards me and began to stick his tongue in my mouth.
My cum was still in his mouth. the taste was incredible. this was the first time that i had ever in my life tasted cum. I had never even thought about it before. As many times as i had the chance to do it before, i just never though about doing it. But i loved every minute of it. I savored the taste of my cum and his tongue in my mouth. I felt chills going up and down my spine as this fucking hunk had his tongue rammed down my throat. The he grabbed my legs and threw them over his shoulders. He spread my ass again and inserted his huge piece of meat! I moaned and gasped as he shoved it back into my warm man hole. Oh it felt so good. I told him to fuck me like the little bitch that i was. Fuck me until you fill my ass full of your white creamy jism!! He started to fuck me so hard. It was amazing. He started to jerk me off as he was fucking me. Just a few jerks and i was cumming again. All over his stomach and chest. my cum was flying everywhere. I had never came like this before.
This was the best sex i had ever had in my life! I saw his face turn bright red, and his body began to shake. He let out a huge gasp and then he moaned so loud. He must have squirted a fucking gallon of cum into my ass. He was jerking for what seemed like 2 minutes straight, when he finally finished he dropped over on top of me and told me that it was the best he had ever had!. He told me how tight i was and how he loved ripping me open!. I told him that it was the best fucking sex i had ever had. He said that he didnt want me to have any hard feelings. it was just that he liked what he saw, and he takes what he likes. I told him that it wasnt a problem, after all. How can you rape the willing?......
What the hell are you doin!" He grabbed my dick. "Here let me shake it for ya" He dragged me further down the alley. I was trying to yell for help, but it was now use, He put his huge hand over my mouth. No one could hear me. He took me inside a door that led into a room with an old mattress laying on the floor. I was terrified! I didnt know what this guy was going to do with me. He took out some handcuffs and cuffed me to some poles that were on the wall. I was laying on the mattress with my hands cuffed to a pole. I was thinking that maybe he was some weirdo that wanted to torture me! I started to sweat profusely. He came over to me and told me to shut the fuck up. He gagged me so i couldnt yell or say anything. He started to pull my jeans off. Then he slid my boxers off. He walked over to a table and grabbed a pare of scissors. I was terrified. I thought this guy was about to cut my dick off. I tried to scream and yell, but it was no use, the gag was doing its job. No one could hear me. I sighed as he brought the scissors closer and he started to cut my shirt. I had never been so relieved in my life. He cut my shirt off, and i was laying there on the old matress completely nude, gagged and bound to the poles on the wall. He started to take his clothes off. He was completely naked. His body was well muscled, with very light hair on his chest and stomach. His dick was huge! the biggest i had ever seen before!! It was as big around as a beer can and about 7" long, and it wasnt even hard yet! He started to play with himself, attempting to get himself hard i suppose. I saw this thing grow into a fucking monster! It was about a foot long, if not longer, and this thing was so thick!!! He walked over to me and flipped me onto my stomach. I saw him reach for a bottle of something, but i couldnt make out what it was. I felt something wet and cold drizzling onto my ass. He grabbed my ass and spread me wide open. He started to rub this stuff all over my asshole. I almost started to cry as i had figured he was going to stick his huge cock in my ass!!! I was so terrified i think that my pubes where turning grey! I felt his fingers rubbing my ass. All of a sudden i just started getting all these emotions and feeling that i had never had before! I mean sure i have thought about being with another guy before, but what guy hasnt. So as i was laying there with him completely in control, I started to get very aroused. I couldnt believe what was happening.
This guy was about to rape me and i was enjoying it! As he rubbed my asshole i just gave in to the pleasure. My cock started to grow and i pushed my ass upward more so i could get my ass open a little more. Then it happened, he plunged one of his fingers into my ass. Oh my it felt amazing. The feeling was indescribable. I started to moan and buck my ass up and down. Then i felt another finger violate my rectum. I figured that he was loosening me up for his huge pecker. Then he pulled out, and i felt it! It huge cock was at the entrance to my pink virgin bung! I felt him thrust his hips forward, and with one single push the head of his cock was inside of me. The pain was so immense, i thought that he had to of done some major damage to my ass. Then he pushed it all the way in. I started to buck and wiggle my body. it hurt so bad that i had tears running down my face. the pain was immense! Just try shoving a bear can up your virgin ass and tell me how it feels. As this guy was violating my rectum, all i could think about was how hot i was getting. My lust was overriding the pain. It started to feel so amazing having his huge prick inside of me. I couldnt believe what was happening. Oh my god, i had never in my entire life felt something as good as this huge dick being plunged deep into my ass. Then he pulled out. He turned me on my back and saw how hard i was. He asked me if i was enjoying him fucking me like a bitch!. I told him that i was and he knelt down in between my legs. He took my 8" cock into his mouth and began to suck it like a pro! as he was sucking me he was ramming his finger in my ass. I started to moan. It felt so good to have another man sucking me. I started to cum like i had never came before. He just kept his mouth right over my cock and took every bit of my seed into his mouth. he pushed himself up with his massive arms and took the gag from my mouth. He leaned his face towards me and began to stick his tongue in my mouth.
My cum was still in his mouth. the taste was incredible. this was the first time that i had ever in my life tasted cum. I had never even thought about it before. As many times as i had the chance to do it before, i just never though about doing it. But i loved every minute of it. I savored the taste of my cum and his tongue in my mouth. I felt chills going up and down my spine as this fucking hunk had his tongue rammed down my throat. The he grabbed my legs and threw them over his shoulders. He spread my ass again and inserted his huge piece of meat! I moaned and gasped as he shoved it back into my warm man hole. Oh it felt so good. I told him to fuck me like the little bitch that i was. Fuck me until you fill my ass full of your white creamy jism!! He started to fuck me so hard. It was amazing. He started to jerk me off as he was fucking me. Just a few jerks and i was cumming again. All over his stomach and chest. my cum was flying everywhere. I had never came like this before.
This was the best sex i had ever had in my life! I saw his face turn bright red, and his body began to shake. He let out a huge gasp and then he moaned so loud. He must have squirted a fucking gallon of cum into my ass. He was jerking for what seemed like 2 minutes straight, when he finally finished he dropped over on top of me and told me that it was the best he had ever had!. He told me how tight i was and how he loved ripping me open!. I told him that it was the best fucking sex i had ever had. He said that he didnt want me to have any hard feelings. it was just that he liked what he saw, and he takes what he likes. I told him that it wasnt a problem, after all. How can you rape the willing?......
I sold (...) my stamp albums (...)
So this guy regularly jumps from perfectly functional aircraft, and collects (collected) stamps!?!?
I guess you've got to get your kicks somewhere.
Be wary of any facts that confirm your opinion.
C[u]mdrTaco experienced ana anal boom!
Tonight way going to be awesome. I just got home from work, took a shower, and now i was putting on my favorite outfit! It was Friday night and no one was going to stop me from having a good time tonight. I met up with some of my friends at a gas station down the street. We decided to hit a few clubs, then afterwards, if we didnt hook up with anyone, we were going to go to our favorite bar "Shouters". We had the whole night planned out. We were planning to be feeling the effects of tonight until late sunday evening, hopefully not monday when we all had to go back to work. So we all jumped in the cars and drove over to the strip. We went into a few clubs. danced with a few woman, but the clubs just were not jumpin tonight for some reason. We all began to grow bored of dancing and the loud music, so we all decided to go over to Shouters earlier then what we were planning. We started off with a few beers, then we all just said fuck it, and started ordering the hard shit. After a few shots, and a lot more drinks, I was completely waisted! My friends were not as messed up as i was. So i was sittin there for a while and this dude walks in. He walks right behind me and some how he hit me in the back of the head. I didnt know or care if it was accidental, but I jumped up and started to beat the shit out of this guy. My friend all pulled me off of him and the bartender told me to get the hell out of his bar! I told my friends to stay there and finish there drinks. I would be outside waiting for them. I had to piss so bad, and the only place that was open at that time around there was the bar, and since i couldnt go back in there, i had to look for a place outside. I saw an alley on the side of the building, and decided that I should just go into the alley and do my business. So i unzip my mants, pulled out my dick and proceeded to take a piss right there in the alley. After a few seconds i could hear foot steps behind me. "Hey you know you can get arrested for that!" I heard the voice say. "Fuck off" i told him, and kept going. The footsteps got closer, and as i turned to look, i could see that this guy was huge. about 6'5" 260lbs of hard muscle! I squeezed out the last few drops of piss and the guy grabbed my arms and held them tightly behind me. "
What the hell are you doin!" He grabbed my dick. "Here let me shake it for ya" He dragged me further down the alley. I was trying to yell for help, but it was now use, He put his huge hand over my mouth. No one could hear me. He took me inside a door that led into a room with an old mattress laying on the floor. I was terrified! I didnt know what this guy was going to do with me. He took out some handcuffs and cuffed me to some poles that were on the wall. I was laying on the mattress with my hands cuffed to a pole. I was thinking that maybe he was some weirdo that wanted to torture me! I started to sweat profusely. He came over to me and told me to shut the fuck up. He gagged me so i couldnt yell or say anything. He started to pull my jeans off. Then he slid my boxers off. He walked over to a table and grabbed a pare of scissors. I was terrified. I thought this guy was about to cut my dick off. I tried to scream and yell, but it was no use, the gag was doing its job. No one could hear me. I sighed as he brought the scissors closer and he started to cut my shirt. I had never been so relieved in my life. He cut my shirt off, and i was laying there on the old matress completely nude, gagged and bound to the poles on the wall. He started to take his clothes off. He was completely naked. His body was well muscled, with very light hair on his chest and stomach. His dick was huge! the biggest i had ever seen before!! It was as big around as a beer can and about 7" long, and it wasnt even hard yet! He started to play with himself, attempting to get himself hard i suppose. I saw this thing grow into a fucking monster! It was about a foot long, if not longer, and this thing was so thick!!! He walked over to me and flipped me onto my stomach. I saw him reach for a bottle of something, but i couldnt make out what it was. I felt something wet and cold drizzling onto my ass. He grabbed my ass and spread me wide open. He started to rub this stuff all over my asshole. I almost started to cry as i had figured he was going to stick his huge cock in my ass!!! I was so terrified i think that my pubes where turning grey! I felt his fingers rubbing my ass. All of a sudden i just started getting all these emotions and feeling that i had never had before! I mean sure i have thought about being with another guy before, but what guy hasnt. So as i was laying there with him completely in control, I started to get very aroused. I couldnt believe what was happening.
This guy was about to rape me and i was enjoying it! As he rubbed my asshole i just gave in to the pleasure. My cock started to grow and i pushed my ass upward more so i could get my ass open a little more. Then it happened, he plunged one of his fingers into my ass. Oh my it felt amazing. The feeling was indescribable. I started to moan and buck my ass up and down. Then i felt another finger violate my rectum. I figured that he was loosening me up for his huge pecker. Then he pulled out, and i felt it! It huge cock was at the entrance to my pink virgin bung! I felt him thrust his hips forward, and with one single push the head of his cock was inside of me. The pain was so immense, i thought that he had to of done some major damage to my ass. Then he pushed it all the way in. I started to buck and wiggle my body. it hurt so bad that i had tears running down my face. the pain was immense! Just try shoving a bear can up your virgin ass and tell me how it feels. As this guy was violating my rectum, all i could think about was how hot i was getting. My lust was overriding the pain. It started to feel so amazing having his huge prick inside of me. I couldnt believe what was happening. Oh my god, i had never in my entire life felt something as good as this huge dick being plunged deep into my ass. Then he pulled out. He turned me on my back and saw how hard i was. He asked me if i was enjoying him fucking me like a bitch!. I told him that i was and he knelt down in between my legs. He took my 8" cock into his mouth and began to suck it like a pro! as he was sucking me he was ramming his finger in my ass. I started to moan. It felt so good to have another man sucking me. I started to cum like i had never came before. He just kept his mouth right over my cock and took every bit of my seed into his mouth. he pushed himself up with his massive arms and took the gag from my mouth. He leaned his face towards me and began to stick his tongue in my mouth.
My cum was still in his mouth. the taste was incredible. this was the first time that i had ever in my life tasted cum. I had never even thought about it before. As many times as i had the chance to do it before, i just never though about doing it. But i loved every minute of it. I savored the taste of my cum and his tongue in my mouth. I felt chills going up and down my spine as this fucking hunk had his tongue rammed down my throat. The he grabbed my legs and threw them over his shoulders. He spread my ass again and inserted his huge piece of meat! I moaned and gasped as he shoved it back into my warm man hole. Oh it felt so good. I told him to fuck me like the little bitch that i was. Fuck me until you fill my ass full of your white creamy jism!! He started to fuck me so hard. It was amazing. He started to jerk me off as he was fucking me. Just a few jerks and i was cumming again. All over his stomach and chest. my cum was flying everywhere. I had never came like this before.
This was the best sex i had ever had in my life! I saw his face turn bright red, and his body began to shake. He let out a huge gasp and then he moaned so loud. He must have squirted a fucking gallon of cum into my ass. He was jerking for what seemed like 2 minutes straight, when he finally finished he dropped over on top of me and told me that it was the best he had ever had!. He told me how tight i was and how he loved ripping me open!. I told him that it was the best fucking sex i had ever had. He said that he didnt want me to have any hard feelings. it was just that he liked what he saw, and he takes what he likes. I told him that it wasnt a problem, after all. How can you rape the willing?......
check out his home page:
e s/ gb_accueil.html
http://www.legrandsaut.org/
or straight to the english version:
http://www.legrandsaut.org/ressources/gb/gb_pag
He has some movies and facts and explanations and interviews....etc
I'd like to keep track of this story, anyone know when the jump is going to happen?
/. but apparently it never happened because the record is still in place. Anyone know what happened with that attempt? I think it may have been a women trying.
There was a story a couple years ago that was something to the same extent, I believe it was posted on
sig.
pleeease foondle may buttocks!
He could easily open the chute at any height without killing himself. Why? Because the chute is subject to the same air pressure (=resistance) his body is. Only problems would be (a) wind which might make it impossible for him to descend and (b) oxygen because it would take quite a long time to descend.
Fleur de Sel
At 25,000 feet, the earth's atmosphere is significantly thinner than at ground level. So there's an interesting effect going on here: When the skydiver jumps from the plane, he'll accelerate until he's falling at "terminal velocity".
But as he falls, the atmosphere will be thickening around him, and the "terminal velocity" will decrease. Which is kind of cool, because he'll be slowing down as he's falling!
The atmosphere is like a big, airy sponge around the Earth...
Those who can, do. Those who can't, simulate.
Space tourists and Space divings business? Humm... I hope that NASA changed their mind and open the door to tourists/divings business. I do really want to dive from 25.01 miles above and travel at mach 1.681.
Where can I sign up?
Well...He may get to hold the record for highest skydive but *I* hold the record for parachuting night pukes.
No one has gotten sick jumping out of an airplane at night as many times as I have.
I keep waiting for someone to try to break my record. They are all afraid to try!
See it here: http://AICommand.com/PukeDuke.htm
Guru312
been there. boring!
... he can be burried in a Succrets box.
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"And may your days be long upon the earth."
I just went skydiving for the first time yesterday.... albeit I only jumped from 10,000 feet... but the experience is undescribable. To all other slashdotters, I recommend that you give it a shot, even if you only jump from 2 miles, and not 20.
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The sound heard on the ground as a "sonic boom" is the sudden onset and release of pressure after the buildup by the shock wave or "peak overpressure." The change in pressure caused by sonic boom is only a few pounds per square foot -- about the same pressure change we experience on an elevator as it descends two or three floors -- in a much shorter time period. It is the magnitude of this peak overpressure that describes a sonic boom.
now, all this relies on air pressure! If our skydiver hits the speed of sound up where there isn't any air to speak of, then he's not going to experience much of a boom at all now, is he?
This is not to say nothing of the fact that the boom appears to occur behind the cause, from the pilot's, or in our case the intrepid colonel's perspective. (that is, he is moving away from the sound at the speed of sound.)
NO BOOM PEOPLE, GET IT?
This comment is fully compliant with RFC 527.
I like this picture better.
Bleh!
GE once designed a device called the MOOSE, to allow astronauts to bail out from orbit and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere with little more than a space suit and plastic cocoon (remember that early heat shields where basically a big slab of high-temperature plastic that would flake off during re-entry).Here's one link about the MOOSE: http://www.boggsspace.com/strange_but_true.htm
Daveman, please get an education. It the kind of useful thing that stops us all from becoming scientologists, muslims, or buying into m$.
A "sonic boom" is only caused by Very Noisy Fast Things (TM) why should going fast be noisy in itself? Don't be silly...
It is simply a sudden shock when all the sound is compressed and amplified as the object moves through the 'barrier' of the speed of sound.
I would say he will travel around 120 mph, perhaps diving to speeds of 200-250 mph, just a hairs width from 742 mph required to break mach at freezing.
Then again, if something goes wrong, I would say most speeds could be considered terminal...
Please dont have too much faith in the cone shape theory.
If an object such as an aeroplane or a jet, designed to travel > mach, physically shakes after the sounds wall moves through the body, then a human would experience the same thing.
Without the 4 car sized jet engines making all the noise...
The sound energy disperses away from the source, however during the time leading upto the sonic boom, and wall of amplified sound energy builds up as a physical entity.
Then when you go fast enough, you travel through this bubble. boom.
however I failed to read the bit about him carrying 4 car sized jet engines with him.
Maybe I am stupid.
Marc! Marc Fleury! Vous etes trop age! Restez ici a Atlanta, et gagnez un grand vie!
668: Neighbour of the Beast
saw Kittinger being interviewed about this in a documentary on history channel or TLC (can't remember which). 'say a little prayer and jump'...
Which speed will he hold then he hits the ground? :)
FYI he is going to do this over this in the skies
over Saskatchewan,Canada. Saskatchewan, for the geographically challenged is located just north of
North Dakota and the southern part of it is as
flat as your outstreched, upturned hand. Guess he
doesn't want to land in any pointy terrain. Heard
an interview done with a colleague of his on the
CBC english morning radio program. Guess the Colonel
speaks no usable english and his assistant was little better so the interview was a real strain. Funny, just down the hall at our local CBC station are the offices of Radio-Canada, the french arm of
the CBC which broadcasts here locally also. You would think CBC english folk could ask someone from Radio-Canada (all fluently bilingual) for a
little help. Alas not. Sigh.
How hot would the surface of ones clothing/body become while traveling at mach 1.68 due to friction with the air?
I have a feeling that RocketMan is going to be doing the same thing, sans parachute.
8th Dimensoin!
And returned with a rocket car.
Terminal Velocity
If he opened the parachute in high in the atmosphere the thin air would push LESS in the parachute then it would close to the ground (that's why he will travel so fast in the first place) the force would be the same any point on the trip down.
Though, if he opened it high in the atmoshere, it would take a long time to get down.
(appended to the end of comments you post)
It's a good story so I don't want to Lone Gunman it. Suffice it to say, no one gets killed and those involved weren't QUITE that stupid. There is a true story that gave birth to the urban legend. What REALLY happened isn't quite like the parent quoted Legend.
. ht ml
http://www.wagoneers.com/pages/RocketCar/rockit
When I was a kid, I could never drop a Frog off a high enough place!
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However, you're absolutely right in that it's not that hard to safely dive from much greater heights. I've personally seen people do 30 metre dives at acquatic shows.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
--Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
There's an article here on a different skydiver (mentions Fournier and another attemptee, too) shooting for the same record.
"If her plans succeed, on Sept 3, 2003, she'll ride a balloon to 130,000 feet, jump out in a McConnell Air Force Base pressurized space suit and free fall to Earth nearly 25 miles below -- landing somewhere within 70 miles of Wichita."
Slashdot's token middle-aged housewife
We've been dealing with the people for a while. They usually get their funding proposals and whatnot printed through the us (Nation-Wide Copy Chain K----'s). Because I do most of the digital output I'm very familiar with the whole thing. I've chatted up the doctor in charge of Mr. Fournier's jump and he's a nice guy. So I hope Mr. Fournier don't perish as he hurtles through the stratosphere.
Most first time sky divers jump at 1066M.
I jumped from 4000M last weekend.
When his parachute fails to open after a 25 mile skydive?
SPLAT-TE.
The U.S. Army did this stuff back in the late 60's, only it was at 75-100K.
A few years back, I read an early "leaked" script for the movie "Star Trek: Generations" that had been circulated on the Net. Early on in the movie, before Kirk appears on the Enterprise-B, the script describe a scene of Kirk engaging in "orbital sky-diving", with Scotty and Chekov waiting for him at the landing zone. Since the rest of the script was dead-on compared to the movie, this scene *must* have been part of the original concept. Whether it was actually filmed is another story...
As a skydiver let me make a couple points:
/would/ end up like a fat skeeter on the windshield glass tho.
* the fastest you could get near the earth, regardless of how high you jump FROM, is a terminal velocity somewhat over 200mph. Big boys pencilled-out in a head down (looks just like it sounds) can break 200 but not skinny dudes like me. Of course you could always dress in a lead cone for more speed...
* no way the guy would make a crater. whoever said that must have been looking at the speed at 35,000m or something, and just did some quick (wrong) math. he
* there's no way you could survive hitting water at 120mph. it's similar to hitting concrete once you are going that fast. just ask my friends who dropped a watermelon from a helicopter over a lake... that sucker exploded like dan akroyd's experimental melon in Caddyshack 2.
* you want to be slowed to a terminal of ~120mph by the time your parachute opens... yes, some lines a.k.a. "ropes" would probably break if you opened at mach 1.something. opening at that speed might also rip your legs from your torso.
* this guy may have one or several "drogue" parachutes, or small chutes that would help to slow his rate of descent at various points. the "Tandem" jumps commonly done by first-timers have a drogue since with 2 people (and the same surface area) they would otherwise fall too fast to open the parachute safely (190-200mph is too fast). now, from space a drogue might help keep you from incinerating (since he would essentially be a meteor otherwise).
That is pretty high... i would like to make a HALO (high altitude, low opening) jump like the military (and rich folks) can do, from 30k feet or so with oxygen. But i'll settle for 14k feet which you all should try
(and now your shameless off-topic plug for skydiving...) come to skydiveorange (dot com) if you're in VA, that's where i jump
Actually, gravity is less up there. By my dc calculations it will take him 8 days to travel the first 1000 meters, and then about 10 minutes for the rest of the trip. I think. Someone want to double-check my math? Hope he brought some food with him.
"Well, actually his max speed will be high up and near the earth the atmosphere will have slowed him down to terminal velocity."
at that high altitude, mach 1.6 IS his terminal velocity.....
The U.S. Army did this stuff back in the late 60's, only it was at 75-100K.
That was at 75 000 to 100 000 feet. This is to be done at 41 000 meters. There are just over three feet in a meter. Do the rest yourself.
I'll let you figger it out...
Nova did a great show on Joe Kittinger and his dive from 19 miles up.
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They first tested it with human shaped models and found out the flatspin would be deadly, liquifying organs. After that they used a stabilizing chute to avoid the flatspin.
Exerpt:
http://www.yvcc.cc.wa.us/~chemyvcc/Skydive_From_S
Here's the link to the shockwave game:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/escape/skydive.html
Wired article:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.08/space.htm
Project Excelsior:
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/coldwar/pe
I can no longer find my favorite desktop sized picture of the jump but a smaller one is here (the top picture):
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/science/hist
The speed of sound changes with air pressure. When the skydiver is at great altitude, he might travel faster than the speed of sound at sea level, but he will not be travelling faster than the speed of sound at his altitude. If he did break the sound barrier, he'd probably be shaken to pieces, which would be quite funny.
Since he will break the sound barrier and eventually start to slow down, he could sing a close harmony duet with himself.
Cool.
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If his life really did flash before his eyes, what would hapen when he ran out of life? Would he have to watch it more than once?
I guess they why they picked such an old guy.
Wouldn't want him getting bored and falling asleep half way down . . .
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Don't bring a parachute
First time I read the story, I thought it said "a retarded French army colonel who is soon to make a free fall parachute jump from 25 miles up."
AJS
I thought sky divers wore baggy clothes, to reduce their terminal velocity, so that they could spend more time in free fall. How far can you push this? Could you wear a flying squirrel suit, with cloth between you arms and legs, to get your terminal velocity down to say 50mph?
If that worked, could it be the basis for a fairground ride: Enourmous fans blast air upwards at 50mph. Customers wear flying squirrel suits, and get to fly about in the air stream, a bit like being a bird.
This moron is going to freeze immediately. Falling at that speed, at that altitude, is going to freeze him solid. I mean, come on, a commercial jetliner flies at around 30,000 ft (less than 6 miles), where its -30 to -70 F. It only gets colder as you go up, and when you factor in the windchill....this guy is going to come down like a big French popsicle.
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If he is successful, he will break a 42-year-old record set by an American colonel, Joe Kittinger, who jumped from 31,333 metres over Florida in August 1960.
Damn Joe was almost 31337.
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here's a VERY intersting page on high-altitude skydiving...it's main focus is civilian HALO jumping, but there's quite a bit of very good information on space-jumping. includes Kittinger, the French dude, another woman who wants to jump from 130K this year, and lots and lots of space-escape systems. great way to burn an hour at work.
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Exactly how long will it take him to fall that far?
Isn't terminal velocity on the order of 260+ miles per hour. That means that with out some type of assistance (some type of engine, rocket, etc) he should not be able to get anywhere near the sound barrier. Just as an FYI terminal velocity is the highest speed at which the earths gravity may pull an object. This is, of course, effected by wind resistance etc. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
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Interesting stunt, but isn't it hard to breathe up there ? Heck, just in a roller coaster I have trouble breathing sometimes, and that's just a short drop of a few dozen feet. And what about (de)compression ? Deep-sea divers start having problems after going a certain depth, isn't there a reverse effect at high altitude where air pressure is very low ?
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The previous records he'll be breaking were set in the 60's, the last being in 1966. What's the deal? Have there just been two generations of lamers?
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Let the flying area be 10 meters by 10 meters.
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50mph is a little over 20 meters per second.
Thus the volume of flow required is 2000 cubic meters per second.
Each cubic meter of air has a mass of about 1 kg, so it has a kinetic energy, half m v squared, of 1/2 x 1 x 20 x 20 = 200 Joules. We need 2000 cubic meters per second, so 400kW.
This is a bit more that 500hp, so the idea is not impractical because the fans would take too much power
This dude is a real man ....despite the fact that he's French.
But the shuttle is also moving around the earth VERY quickly.. something like 17,000 kph (feel free to correct me), which would kill you pretty much instantly when you encountered the atmosphere, and had to slow down your sideways speed.
But you don't hit the atmosphere all at once. It slowly increases. And with the nifty Surfboard Shield, your space-suit does not have to take the brunt of the friction. Make the board out of the same stuff that the shuttle tiles are made of. (Except these ones would not fall off, hopefully.)
Terminal Velocity: the speed of a VT-100 sailing out an open window....