stratos
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Lancia Returns to Carmaking With Something That’s 100 Percent Not a Car
Lancia’s only car on sale today, the third-generation Ypsilon subcompact hatch, has been kicking around since 2011. It sells surprisingly well in its native Italy, the only country in which the brand operates, but Lancia has more ambitious plans for its future. Typically automakers get the hype train rolling with one or more concepts, and…
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Red Bull’s Chief Engineer Explains Felix Baumgartner’s Tech
Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking supersonic jump was an amazing feat of human endeavour. But getting Felix to break the speed of sound caused Red Bull Stratos technical project director Art Thompson some engineering headaches. Here’s how he solved them.
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What Would It Take For You To Go Sky-Diving From The Stratosphere?
Surely by now you’ve heard someone say something along the lines of: “man, with balls that big, I’m surprised Felix Baumgartner even fit into that capsule.” You can’t deny it, he’d need some serious balls jumping from the stratosphere is just as insane and frightening as it is awesome.
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The Space Jump Man’s Balloon Compared To The Statue Of Liberty
The Red Bull Stratos mission control has announced that, after the Tuesday’s aborted supersonic space jump, the next launch is scheduled to Sunday, October 14 at 8:30am EDT. We will cover the Roswell event live. In the meantime, I made this simulation showing how big the Red Bull Stratos balloon is compared to the Statue…