The gezzer that jumped from a baloon,,, question? Born hunter , anybody else

[Malt 379]

So how does a meteorite not slow down lol

I think it does to a certain extent, does it not? It's also coming in from a hell of a lot higher and a hell of a lot faster to begin with..

[scothunter 12,609]

Yea but it should slow down sufficiently as it enters earths atmosphere. So it would not matter how far or fast it was going. The minute it hit earths gravity. I'm guessing here btw lol

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

So , now to get down to the balls of this.

 

energy=weightXvelocityXvelocity/450240

 

Felix's weight (218) X 176 fps squared /450240

 

That gives us Felix's muzzle energy of when he would've walloped into Earth at.... hell I don't know. Don't have a calculator handy.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Meteorites generally burn up, though. No ? That's why we have see 'falling stars' .

[scothunter 12,609]

Tell that to the Dinasaurs lol

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Tell that to the Dinasaurs lol

 

Lord... Everybody knows the dinosaurs died in the great flood cause they were to damn big to get on the Ark. It's simple science ,really.

[vixen 528]

ok so i watched it with baited breath and was impressed BUT couldn't help thinking...........

1/ wonder how much that cost?

2/ can a random skydiver ask to better this record?

3/ what did it achieve?

serious questions as i don't know anything about jumping out planes/balloons/skydiving etc........

[gazandjen 54]

So who's going to bring down that huge thing he left up there with all the expensive gadgets on it???

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

ok so i watched it with baited breath and was impressed BUT couldn't help thinking...........

1/ wonder how much that cost?

2/ can a random skydiver ask to better this record?

3/ what did it achieve?

serious questions as i don't know anything about jumping out planes/balloons/skydiving etc........

 

Vixen, not sure about one or two; although this was all done with private funds. So that's good. As far as number 3, see my post on the previous page.

 

Gaza, the balloon deflated and came back down from what I heard.

[TOMO 26,184]

I think people bounce, when they hit the earth on a regular parachute jump,,,, mind it might be different at a couple hundred mile an hour

 

You've gone and ruined that for Lab now Tomo, with his TV show based version of reality I think he was expecting something more like this:

 

 

 

Lol..... Good one malt

[vixen 528]

ok so i watched it with baited breath and was impressed BUT couldn't help thinking...........

1/ wonder how much that cost?

2/ can a random skydiver ask to better this record?

3/ what did it achieve?

serious questions as i don't know anything about jumping out planes/balloons/skydiving etc........

 

Vixen, not sure about one or two; although this was all done with private funds. So that's good. As far as number 3, see my post on the previous page.

 

Gaza, the balloon deflated and came back down from what I heard.

 

Thanks for that............i'm scared of heights so when i see these things i can't for the life of me understand why anyone would do it or what good it does, but i suppose if they fund it themselves and they are happy doing it well good luck to them

[Malt 379]

ok so i watched it with baited breath and was impressed BUT couldn't help thinking...........

1/ wonder how much that cost?

 

With all due respect, who cares? It didn't cost me, you or anybody else on this forum a single penny, why do people these days always pipe up and moan about how expensive it is when something like this happens.? This event amazed and awed millions of people around the world and on these times when we're constantly being reminded how skint everybody else is and how hard and shit life is, how many people are dying in pointless wars, etc, something like that on the news for a change is priceless and helps remind us about what we are capable of when we put our minds to it..

[scothunter 12,609]

Yea I've no problem with what he did. Like Hilary said when Asked why he climbed Everest. " cause it's there"

[walshie 2,804]

He slowed down when he entered the atmosphere as at the start of the jump, he was effectively in a vacuum and the earth's atmosphere is like treacle by comparison. Meteorites travel at 25,000 to 150,000 mph and are a bit bigger than a human so obviously would take a lot more slowing down, but they would also slow to terminal velocity if the atmosphere was deep enough.

 

Aaron - Your calcs mean he would have hit the earth at 15 ft/lb? Would hardly need a parachute.

[vixen 528]

ok so i watched it with baited breath and was impressed BUT couldn't help thinking...........

1/ wonder how much that cost?

 

With all due respect, who cares? It didn't cost me, you or anybody else on this forum a single penny, why do people these days always pipe up and moan about how expensive it is when something like this happens.? This event amazed and awed millions of people around the world and on these times when we're constantly being reminded how skint everybody else is and how hard and shit life is, how many people are dying in pointless wars, etc, something like that on the news for a change is priceless and helps remind us about what we are capable of when we put our minds to it..

 

Because i genuinely wondered "how much it cost" ..........same as i genuinely wondered if a random person who enjoys thrillseeking could do it if they had the funds!.......and no it didn't cost me a single penny, i wouldn't have given a single penny towards it anyhow ........but i did enjoy watching it