His velocity will probably be about 200 km/h when his chute gets pulled. Why 200 km/h? That's the terminal velocity due to wind resistance at the height (1000ft) where his chute gets pulled.
He should be ok unless he weighs as much as a car or soemthing just as strange (maybe 300+ kilograms??). I haven't seen his picture yet:)
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How long before this goes the way of the search engines with people abusing this to promote their own links?
How long until someones recieves notice of patent infringement for their method of submitting patents?
How long will it be until Russia gets in on this action for the space tourist looking for the "econo" trip?
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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
His velocity will probably be about 200 km/h when his chute gets pulled. Why 200 km/h? That's the terminal velocity due to wind resistance at the height (1000ft) where his chute gets pulled.
:)
He should be ok unless he weighs as much as a car or soemthing just as strange (maybe 300+ kilograms??). I haven't seen his picture yet