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Belba Grubb
Feb 5, 2012, 8:04:06 AM2/5/12
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9061387/Sky-diver-to-break-sound-barrier-with-jump-from-edge-of-space.html
Inspired by that scene in "Star Trek" (2009), perhaps? (g) I
couldn't believe at first that he would indeed break the sound barrier
just in free fall, but it checks out simply enough. Friction - it
really is a drag.
Sorry. :)
Good luck to him!
Barb
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Col. Kittinger's 1960 jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWugcnyqLMk
Inspired by that scene in "Star Trek" (2009), perhaps? (g) I
couldn't believe at first that he would indeed break the sound barrier
just in free fall, but it checks out simply enough. Friction - it
really is a drag.
Sorry. :)
Good luck to him!
Barb
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Col. Kittinger's 1960 jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWugcnyqLMk
Belba Grubb
Feb 9, 2012, 4:00:49 PM2/9/12
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More detail into the basic physics, courtesy of Wired.com:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/stratos-space-jump-can-you-fall-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound/
Barb
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"Politics is more difficult than physics."
-- Albert Einstein
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/stratos-space-jump-can-you-fall-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound/
Barb
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"Politics is more difficult than physics."
-- Albert Einstein
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