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Author Topic: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!  (Read 3281 times)

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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #15 on: 14 October 2012, 16:46:07 »
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #16 on: 14 October 2012, 19:15:11 »
He`s done it then 8)
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #17 on: 14 October 2012, 19:18:51 »
Rather him than me! AWESOME :y

Bet he has a Vodka in the Red Bull  :D :D
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #18 on: 14 October 2012, 19:20:01 »
Enjoyed watching that , bet hes off to burger king now  8)
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #19 on: 14 October 2012, 19:27:50 »
Well done that man 8) 8) 8) 8) I enjoyed watching that :y :y
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #20 on: 14 October 2012, 19:39:31 »
Quote from: Pete. on 14 October 2012, 19:27:50
Well done that man 8) 8) 8) 8) I enjoyed watching that :y :y
yep, been glued to it since take off.  :y
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #21 on: 14 October 2012, 19:53:15 »
Very well done to him and also to all of the mission and development engineers on developing the systems, to not only get him to 128kft but also for bringing him back to earth safely including the successful breaking of the sound barrier.  :y :y :y :y :y :y

Very brave man for going outside the known envelope to provide new data which should help space travel and safety in the future.  :y :y :y :y :y :y
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #22 on: 14 October 2012, 21:05:36 »
It was just fascinating... Had a group of about 8 of us glued to it in the pub ::) :y
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #23 on: 14 October 2012, 21:24:46 »
That was awesome - looks like he went into a spin for a bit but managed to correct it - maxed out at 729mph :o
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #24 on: 14 October 2012, 21:34:12 »
Pah, made that look pess easy didn't he.    ....:o
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #25 on: 14 October 2012, 21:39:17 »
Grandisimo Cojones!!!  :)
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #26 on: 15 October 2012, 07:32:04 »
Quote from: the alarming man on 14 October 2012, 14:48:08
what happens too ballon once he jumps as he is only one in it?? :y

I don't know if you found out already, but the balloon is jetisoned and the capusule comes back down via parachute. As to the balloon , same as a weather balloon I guess which disintegegrates from the pressure :y
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #27 on: 15 October 2012, 10:46:47 »
I tought either he would lost in space or be a burnin flying man ;D
 
seriously there are many risks, must have serious reasons to do that :-\
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #28 on: 15 October 2012, 11:08:28 »
Quote from: cem on 15 October 2012, 10:46:47
I tought either he would lost in space or be a burnin flying man ;D
 
seriously there are many risks, must have serious reasons to do that :-\

He'd run out of tall buildings to jump off  ::);D ;D ;D
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Re: Baumgartner, faster than the speed of sound.!
« Reply #29 on: 15 October 2012, 11:37:48 »
The guy is a good old fashioned Hero! We need people like him with the drive and guts to push the boundaries beyond the 'possible' into the realms of the unknown, as without them we would still be ignorant savages eating raw meat. Oh, hang on....that's not a very good Analogy is it?  ;D
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