Terminal Velocity, Fastest ?

[colintri 0]

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I could be wrong but is this really true?

Of course its true... do a search on his name and you shoul dbe able to find a lot of info on the jump. You do need a presurized suit. And a lot of money.

Also, there are 2 or 3 teams around the word right now trying to beat this record.

Yeah, it is true! I just did a google search and found this link:

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_diving_010608-1.html

The picture of him jumping out 25 miles up from earth is insane!

[Iflyme 0]

***Your writing instructor needs to read more!
q/quote]And he needs to skydive more! Maybe even learn to freefly head down!!!

[Lizard 0]

Wasnt Cheryl Stern trying to break the sound barrier or Kittenger's altitude record? or both? My memory isn't worth a damn but I think I read something about this.

[sundevil777 102]

I also thought it was an accepted fact that Kittenger broke the sound barrier at that altitude, but then I began to learn that the speed of sound is not as low as you might think at that altitude.

He got up to about 600mph, right?

Well, it turns out that the speed of sound is actually higher at 400,000 feet than at 40,000 feet!

Check it out...

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0112.shtml

I believe it was Winsor that set this straight in a thread a long time ago. Figures that a jet pilot would be more knowledgeable than an old engineer who thought his intuition was infallible.

edit to add-I believe the speed of sound is mostly just proportional to the absolute temperature (above absolute zero) without the need to even bring the pressure or density into consideration. I could not believe it at first either. The other links on the referenced site explain it much more completely.

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