gofast_ER 0 #1 April 17, 2006 I found an article on this site about "spacediving" In the article it said that someone was going to be attempting this in 2002. Anyone heard anything about that?I may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NelKel 0 #2 April 17, 2006 I think I know what your talking about. I believe it was called off because the woman to jump got sick (head cold) or something like it._________________________________________ Someone dies, someone says how stupid, someone says it was avoidable, someone says how to avoid it, someone calls them an idiot, someone proposes rule chan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 April 17, 2006 Anything is possible with money. Skydiving from +60,000 ft takes a shit load. So far, nobody has raised the amount required.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #4 April 17, 2006 There is some French dude who was supposed to try it, but it seems to have not panned out. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #5 April 17, 2006 130,000 what? Dollars? Miles? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darnknit 0 #6 April 17, 2006 Quote130,000 what? Dollars? Miles? 130,000 feet. that's at least 65,000 people. pulling is cool. keep it in the skin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #7 April 17, 2006 just out of curiosity, how much do you think it'd be?_______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #8 April 17, 2006 double what it would cost to fly up there. I will pay for you to do it if you do it in bare feet .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigern13 0 #9 April 17, 2006 QuoteAnything is possible with money. Skydiving from +60,000 ft takes a shit load. So far, nobody has raised the amount required. If I understand you correctly, you are saying nobody has jumped from that high? Actually, On 16 August 1960, US Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger set the world's record (which remains unbroken) for the longest (19.5 miles) and fastest (4 minutes and 36 seconds) skydive. He reported his experience in the National Geographic--starting in the helium balloon that he floated to an altitude of 102,800 feet (31,330 m). Although he did not break the speed of sound, he came close-- nine- tenths the speed of sound at his altitude--a colossal 614 mph (990 km/hr). He dove 4.5 times faster than most skydivers who start at much lower altitudes where the air is thicker. He could do this by falling through almost no air: 1.5 % of the density at sea level. Story here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger "I love 'lamp'." -SKYMAMA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,067 #10 April 17, 2006 >On 16 August 1960, US Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger set the world's record . . . . Right, but he didn't raise any money to do it. He actually got paid _to_ do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigern13 0 #11 April 17, 2006 Quote>On 16 August 1960, US Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger set the world's record . . . . Right, but he didn't raise any money to do it. He actually got paid _to_ do it. OOOHhhhhhh. Gotcha Well I guess you can say the Air Force raised the money. "I love 'lamp'." -SKYMAMA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VorteX 0 #12 April 17, 2006 It may be Michel Fournier's jump... He has been trying this four a couple of years now but never made it so far. Here is the link : http://www.legrandsaut.org/site_en/ and there is a thread about him in the Gear and rigging forum : http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2172900;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #13 April 17, 2006 Quote just out of curiosity, how much do you think it'd be? The last number I heard was $3 million including the $1+ million dollar suit.Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #14 April 17, 2006 Quote Story here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger Um, yeah . . . most of us that have been around the block a couple times already know the story. You might wanna also look into what the Soviet Union did in that time period as well. Governments have all sorts of cash to blow on stuff (er, use for research purposes). We're talking -private- ventures though.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #15 April 17, 2006 QuoteI found an article on this site about "spacediving" In the article it said that someone was going to be attempting this in 2002. Anyone heard anything about that?do a search on Michel Fournier. He will never jumpscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #16 April 17, 2006 interesting that it's simply a question of raising the money... Very interesting..._______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #17 April 17, 2006 Funny, feeling you might want to have a few more thousand jumps and get use to crazy speeds and a fair bit of training but i like your attitude. Just looked at your website, what an original idea. Good luck if you were to go for this ....somehow. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #18 April 17, 2006 Quotet of us that have been around the block a couple times already know the story. You might wanna also look into what the Soviet Union did in that time period as well. I was fascinated in hearing that Yuri Gargarian bailed out on reentry for the first flight. Not sure if it was before or after the chutes opened on the capsule, or how high up. Cheaters. Presumably it wasn't that high up or they'd have made a claim on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #19 April 17, 2006 Quoteinteresting that it's simply a question of raising the money... Very interesting... It's not ALL there is to it, but is the major stumbling block. Just based on the Kittinger jump, I don't even think it really needs to be all that high tech if ALL you want to do is break the altitude record. On the other hand, if you want there to be other points to go along with the main one, it could get quite pricey. For instance, one of the things that Sterns wanted to do was to have a fair amount of control which meant the suit had to be considerably better than the one Kittinger jumped. That's even more expensive than just buying an "off the shelf" suit from say, David Clark or the Russians so the costs -could- go up very high and very fast.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #20 April 17, 2006 QuoteAnything is possible with money. Skydiving from +60,000 ft takes a shit load. So far, nobody has raised the amount required. The biggest road block is the suit. Without the suit, no jump. The people who make the suits won’t sell them to civilians so you must have the AF or Navy or the Government as a sponsor. That’s why Stearns is the only viable candidate; she has the backing of the military.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #21 April 17, 2006 No law says the suit has to come from the U.S., but I can pretty much guarantee that wherever it comes from it's gonna cost some cash. ;^)quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #22 April 17, 2006 QuoteThe people who make the suits won’t sell them to civilians so you must have the AF or Navy or the Government as a sponsor. Why is that? My guess: The military can't sue them for liability if someone dies. Civilians can. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #23 April 17, 2006 QuoteQuoteThe people who make the suits won’t sell them to civilians so you must have the AF or Navy or the Government as a sponsor. Why is that? My guess: The military can't sue them for liability if someone dies. Civilians can. come on - if we can have a waiver for dropzones where adults acknowledge that skydiving is risky, certainly you can craft a document where the would be spaceman accepts that this ain't no walk in the park. This is the equilivent to falling a marathon in distance. Maybe they don't see an upside - if the person dies in the attempt, it could hurt their ongoing sales to the military. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,067 #24 April 17, 2006 >The people who make the suits won’t sell them to civilians . . . Russian pressure suits are widely available nowadays. One went for $9000 a while back on Ebay, complete with spare seals. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Praetorian 1 #25 April 18, 2006 Quotecome on - if we can have a waiver for dropzones where adults acknowledge that skydiving is risky, certainly you can craft a document where the would be spaceman accepts that this ain't no walk in the park. You'd think but look at the war against medical waivers that would insulate doctors from malpractice suits... no state accepts an adults waiver of the "right" to sue a Dr. EVEN FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY like vanity plastic surgery! Good Judgment comes from experience...a lot of experience comes from bad judgment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
