News: Record setting Orbital Skydive

[Jaybird180]

Alan Eustace and StratEX make a dive from 135,000 feet.
Hmm....is that MSL or AGL
http://www.space.com/27534-baumgartner-s-near-space-skydive-record-broken-highlight-video.html

I think I'm going to add an orbital jump to my bucket list. How many jumps do I have now? Zero. Looks like I need to start training...

 

[MAKG1]

Umm, an orbital jump is not likely to be successful. Microgravity and all that.

Altitude != orbit.

 

[vontresc]

Besides an orbital jump may get a tad toasty...

Might need one of these.

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/moose.htm

 

[Fredbob711]

It's actually been studied as an option to get astronauts down from orbit. It's possible if you don't have enough forward momentum in orbit to sustain your altitude. Not even the ISS stays in orbit unassisted, they periodically have to fire thrusters to keep it at the appropriate altitude.

The heat would definitely be a problem, but that's why you have scientists and materials engineers to figure out how to address it, if it's possible.

Obviously we figure it out, we all saw Star Trek (2009) right?

 

[Jaybird180]

Besides an orbital jump may get a tad toasty...

Might need one of these.

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/moose.htm

Thanks for the link. On a related note: I've yet to see this movie, but I'll get to it eventually- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/?ref_=nv_sr_2

 

[MAKG1]

Uhh, if you don't have enough forward momentum to maintain altitude, you're not in orbit.

 

[Jaybird180]

So this dude was about 25.6 miles up and yet he wasn't in space. I predict that people will keep going until someone gets there, which has been basically agreed to start at around 62 miles MSL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space

 

[Jaybird180]

Thanks for the link. On a related note: I've yet to see this movie, but I'll get to it eventually- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/?ref_=nv_sr_2

I watched it lastnight. Although the scenes had me in angst for the characters' survival it was somewhat a letdown. It was missing that je ne se qois.

 

[Matthew]

... It was missing that je ne se qois.

Sorry, but this popped into my head right away-

http://youtu.be/aUUGq-KwAD0

 

[Unit74]

Me too.... I suddenly was craving a hot dog....