Monday, March 31, 2008

Skydiving from 100,000 feet

This guy (Joseph Kittinger) jumped from a balloon at 102,800 feet. He reached a speed of 614 mph:
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0243.shtml
This was back in 1960, when they were studying the effects of high altitude on the human body. Also check out the video here. (2 min)

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