Red Bull Stratos

[drkelly]

This dude is going to jump out of a pod 120,000 feet (22.7 miles) up and break the sound barrier while falling back to earth.

http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Sports/Red-Bull-Stratos/001242810637490

The current world record is 102,800 feet set 50 years ago by a NASA test pilot.

 

[RatLabGuy]

som.erecords arent meant to be broken...

 

[drkelly]

som.erecords arent meant to be broken...

LOL, quite possibly true. I read two people have died trying to break the record.

 

[RenegadeT]

isnt that againast the law...of physics?

 

[UTfball68]

Couldn't access much from the link...how long of a free fall is that going to be?

 

[bonecrusher]

If i recall college level physics

a fall from the altitude at terminal velocity and giving enough freefall time to reach said velocity

that fall should take roughly the rest of his life.

 

[drkelly]

Couldn't access much from the link...how long of a free fall is that going to be?

5 minutes 30 seconds

http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite...os-021242811225007?refmod=Related&refmodpos=3