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Space Jump
Adam Clark Estes
Long before Felix Baumgartner completed his crazy 37-kilometre free fall from the edge of space, the US Navy was testing how humans react to pushing their bodies beyond normal limits. In 1948, that meant blasting volunteer pilots in the face with winds of around 500kph to see if they could…
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.
Felix Baumgartner is now safely back on Earth after chucking himself out of a space capsule floating 37 kilometres in the atmosphere. In case you missed it, you can see it here. It went smoothly. At the end you can see Felix’s mum crying, overwhelmed by emotion.
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