Comments on: Parachuting from 120,000 feet http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/parachuting-from-120000-feet.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 04:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kaleberg http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/parachuting-from-120000-feet.html#comment-1465036 Kaleberg Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168682#comment-1465036 Science had a short note on this back in February 2010. They even had a hilarious chart which I posted at http://www.kaleberg.com/built/show.php?name=e0646 (Click on the altitude chart for the details.) Who says the AAAS doesn't have a sense of humor? Science had a short note on this back in February 2010. They even had a hilarious chart which I posted at http://www.kaleberg.com/built/show.php?name=e0646 (Click on the altitude chart for the details.)

Who says the AAAS doesn’t have a sense of humor?

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/parachuting-from-120000-feet.html#comment-1464609 SedanChair Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168682#comment-1464609 <blockquote>If he succeeds, he'll beat the longstanding record set in 1960</blockquote> Even if he fails, surely he'll set <i>some</i> kind of record. Deepest hole made by a person without earthmoving equipment, perhaps?

If he succeeds, he’ll beat the longstanding record set in 1960

Even if he fails, surely he’ll set some kind of record. Deepest hole made by a person without earthmoving equipment, perhaps?

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/parachuting-from-120000-feet.html#comment-1464546 vonbobo Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168682#comment-1464546 "Baumgartner’s team says that its primary aim is to advance the science of survival at extreme altitude, not just to break records or publicize (jump sponsor) Red Bull. " Science will be used to determine the exact time of death. “Baumgartner’s team says that its primary aim is to advance the science of survival at extreme altitude, not just to break records or publicize (jump sponsor) Red Bull. ”

Science will be used to determine the exact time of death.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/parachuting-from-120000-feet.html#comment-1464542 David Pescovitz Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168682#comment-1464542 I was there too! Fantastic talk. Great storyteller. I was there too! Fantastic talk. Great storyteller.

]]> By: morcheeba http://boingboing.net/2012/07/02/parachuting-from-120000-feet.html#comment-1464535 morcheeba Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168682#comment-1464535 I had the please of hearing Kittinger talk at the first Maker Faire. The scariest part of the whole jump was the possibility for a spin that you don't get in normal jumping: this spin would quickly draw all your blood to your hands, head, and feet, starving the heart of blood to pump. I had the please of hearing Kittinger talk at the first Maker Faire. The scariest part of the whole jump was the possibility for a spin that you don’t get in normal jumping: this spin would quickly draw all your blood to your hands, head, and feet, starving the heart of blood to pump.

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