Scared of Heights?

**blackSS01** · 03-20-2011, 01:22 PM

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE71aKXjss0[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ7N6V-YKJ8&[/ame]

Dude holds the record for highest free fall at 31 km! I'd shit myself

**ibanez7** · 03-20-2011, 01:40 PM

most people would die from a heart attack from fear during that 15 mins...

This man, has a cigarette after....

**blackSS01** · 03-20-2011, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by ibanez7

most people would die from a heart attack from fear during that 15 mins...

This man, has a cigarette after....

I stumbled across it and it shocked the hell out of me. I get scared climbing a 14 foot ladder

**snaggeltooth** · 03-20-2011, 02:32 PM

thing is he rode up all that way in a balloon and just stepped out .. WOW.. Wonder how long it took to get up there ???

**blackSS01** · 03-20-2011, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by snaggeltooth

thing is he rode up all that way in a balloon and just stepped out .. WOW.. Wonder how long it took to get up there ???

I'm guessing days

**67CamaroRSSS** · 03-20-2011, 02:38 PM

I was called Project Man High. I was originally designed to test what a pilot would experience if he bailed out at extremely high altitude. Some of the info gained was later used in the Space program.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Manhigh

**ibanez7** · 03-20-2011, 02:47 PM

the one vid, said it was a 3 hour ride from ground to where he stepped out.

**blackSS01** · 03-20-2011, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by ibanez7

the one vid, said it was a 3 hour ride from ground to where he stepped out.

DAMN!! Thats alot quicker then I thought. I missed that part.

**bluehawk2000** · 03-20-2011, 03:11 PM

I wonder how far off he landed from where he took off in that ballon!! And he reached the speed of sound without a aircraft to. Jesus he is freaking nuts, I for one would never bet that guy that he wouldn't do anything lol.

**blackSS01** · 03-20-2011, 03:21 PM

I can't believe he didn't burn up

**bluehawk2000** · 03-20-2011, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by blackSS01

I can't believe he didn't burn up

He wouldn't have because he gradually hit the ozone which helped slow him down. And where he was actually doing that speed there was nothing to slow him down nor was there any friction to cause heat.

**SteveCZ28** · 03-20-2011, 04:16 PM

thats just flat out crazy! i dont know what it would be like to fall, and not even know your falling?

**bluehawk2000** · 03-20-2011, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by SteveCZ28

thats just flat out crazy! i dont know what it would be like to fall, and not even know your falling?

That would be awsome to experience the first part of the fall but the rest would suck.

**Neo** · 03-20-2011, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by blackSS01

I can't believe he didn't burn up

Actually, when you see things burn up as they enter the atmosphere, it isn't the actual "thing" burning up, it's the air around it being super-heated by friction.

If you were to touch a meteor right after it hit the earth, it'd actually be freezing cold.

**SteveCZ28** · 03-20-2011, 06:30 PM

so the tiles on the belly of the space shuttle never actually burn up?????? hmm, i know they get burned and replaced all the time

**bluehawk2000** · 03-20-2011, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by SteveCZ28

so the tiles on the belly of the space shuttle never actually burn up?????? hmm, i know they get burned and replaced all the time

That's what I was trying to figure out, and wasn't that the reason why that one space shuttle blew up was because one of the tiles broke off during flight.

**SteveCZ28** · 03-20-2011, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by bluehawk2000

That's what I was trying to figure out, and wasn't that the reason why that one space shuttle blew up was because one of the tiles broke off during flight.

yea it blew up cuz thefoam insulation fell off the big external fuel tank. but the tiles were always throughly inspected and replaced....as when it started to come back into earths atmospheres, those tiles which were part carbon and ceramic would be glowing red on re-entry...so i dont believe the air pocket is being heated and burned around it

**bluehawk2000** · 03-20-2011, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by SteveCZ28

yea it blew up cuz thefoam insulation fell off the big external fuel tank. but the tiles were always throughly inspected and replaced....as when it started to come back into earths atmospheres, those tiles which were part carbon and ceramic would be glowing red on re-entry...so i dont believe the air pocket is being heated and burned around it

Even if the air pocket around was heated up it would conduct to whatever is causing it. Kinda like putting a pot/pan on a stove eye, that is pretty logical and common sense I would think.

**SteveCZ28** · 03-20-2011, 06:43 PM

well then that theory would eliminate to cold meteor theory brought up a few posts up wouldnt it

**bluehawk2000** · 03-20-2011, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by SteveCZ28

well then that theory would eliminate to cold meteor theory brought up a few posts up wouldnt it

I believe it would, because doesn't most meteroites(sp) burn up in the atmosphere anyway!!

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