Well that was amazing.
Freefall from 36km height - new world record (LIVE).
@Phatmac said:
I'm just glad he's alive.
Yeah when he was spinning, I was thinking this can't be good.
That was fucking insaaaaane. Glad he's okay, I was really worried when he seemed to be frantically trying to say something and it was incomprehensible.
It's falling by parachute right now. I just hope it doesn't fall onto the crew.That was pretty cool too see him land on his feet from space.
does anyone know what happens with that capsule he was in? Does it float away into space or land on top of someone's house/backyard somewhere?
How did that guy not curse or anything when he was hanging off that silo? I was sitting here watching it at home and I still kinda gasped "Oh, Fuck That."
Guys, did they break Youtube?
I can't access the site at the moment...
Edit: Back up now.
Edit2:Aaaand it's gone again.
@TrulyAlive said:
Guys, did they break Youtube?
I can't access the site at the moment...
Edit: Back up now.
Edit2:Aaaand it's gone again.
I couldn't stream any of it until the very end. Was at least able to see the descent and landing though, but missed the damn jump!
@mnzy said:
@villainy said:
@mnzy: Speed of sound is 761.2 MPH. On screen showed ~730 I think but you're right. There is no confirmation yet either way.
But that's only on earth, it's not the same everywhere.
Yeah, the speed of sound in air is dependent on temperature and pressure, so the colder it is and the lower pressure it is, the lower the sound barrier. In this case it was very cold and very low pressure so he may have broken the sound barrier.
That has to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Especially any of the shots of the outside when he was up there.
@icytower38 said:
That has to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Especially any of the shots of the outside when he was up there.
When he opened the door I was like HOLY CRAP!
@icytower38: Totally an aside, but you know you can take screenshots with the iPad, right? Just hit the home button and the lock button at the same time.
I don't want to sound alarmist but... I ran a lot of simulations thanks to the Kerbal space program and the odds are not looking good.
@PeasantAbuse: the record for height? i mean that would be pretty cut or dried if he was as high as he said he was or not.
if he broke the sound barrier or the fastest speed in freefall would probably be debate-able though...
@PeasantAbuse: He didn't break the record for most time spent in free fall. There are three other records that he did break and it appears he is indeed the first person to break the speed of sound without the assistance of any motors.
This would still have been awesome even if there were no records involved. An incredible feat and I'm glad it was all on video.
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