Monday, October 15, 2012

breaking the sound barrier

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The Austrian skydiver, Felix Baumgartner, became the first man to break the sound barrier in nothing more than protective clothing yesterday. Jumping from about 24 miles up, Baumgartner reached an estimated speed of 833.9mph or Mach (the speed of sound) 1.24.

No one is telling me who financed this thing or how much it cost.
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3 comments:

  1. imagemarieOctober 15, 2012 at 12:55 PM

    "It was a marketing dream for Red Bull, the energy drinks brand sponsoring the stunt" - The Guardian

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  2. ChristopherOctober 15, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    Baumgartner is Austrian, not Australian. And speaking of people falling out of the sky, how about the story of Juliane Koepcke?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17476615

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  3. genkakuOctober 15, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    Thanks for the correx, Chris. The Keopcke story sure beats fiction.

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