Leap from space
 

Anybody watching or care about this guy jumping from 120,000ft and trying to break the sound barrier?

Just passed 85,000

On the way up or down?

-spence

We watched it Phil, it was very cool. My son was glued to the T V in amazement.

I saw it. It was thrilling when he leaned forward off the platform to become airborne! :)


I was amazed at how fast he decelerated when he started hitting the nearer atmosphere.

I was also surprised at how fast he got his tumbling under control once he had atmosphere to work with.

833.9 MPH
Mach 1.24

24 miles in 9 minutes

:sleeps:

Can you imagine the imaging technology both vis & IR used to film a guy falling from space!

But he didnt have his GoPro ChestPack Buzz!

he should of been wearing those jet wings

It would have been nice to see what he saw. An on board camera would have delivered some cool shots and video.

There were the whole time.
And cameras on his suit.

This was live broadcast on the net and on Discovery Channel yesterday.

I haven't seen any footage from the suit camera after he stepped off.
All they had on the live stream were long shots and then helo shots after they found him after he opened his suit.

The suit camera shots will be for a new Redbull ad.

It was wild seeing how fast he dropped when there was no atmosphere to contend with. It looked so surreal to see him drop out of sight in a couple of seconds.

The one comment that struck me as interesting was that this suit technology could someday benefit NASA.

Imagine if they could develop a suit that would allow an astronaut to vacate a disabled ship in orbit, and allow that person to safely decend back to earth? I know it's a long way off from being done, but just imagine the possibilities????

DITTO but I think the video's exists. Pretty sure many people would get dizzy during the uncontrolled spinning in the early part of the dive, but if the camera's show no reference point maybe hard to tell?

Most of the on suit footage is for a BBC documentary of his jump.

Space Jump Full Video: Supersonic Awesomeness

here it is - helmet cam

I didn't see any helmet cam shots, just the stuff already broadcast views from ground during the descent.

Yeager goes up as copilot in a modern fighter, yet Felix is a byline in that article? Are you kidding me?

look down the article, there is a helmet cam shot of the spin in slow motion.
I'd paste it here but I get video blocked on my corporate network.

toggle god mode and change it :rotf2:

It turns out you can write articles about things and not reference "Felix"

Jeez.. dude is almost 90. Cut him some slack, will ya!

How fast did you go the other day? It wasn't Mach 1.2 :smash:

First on-suit camera shots I've seen:

Short Sharp Science: Experience supersonic free fall in complete safety

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