This afternoon a Mr Brumburger intends to leap out of a helium balloon at 120,000 feet and free-fall at speeds exceeding the sound barrier during a ten minute jump? 
The only one kind of jump I enjoy doing for 10 mins or more has nothing to do with falling that far 
Haha gotta have some balls to do that I seen it on news this morning would be crazy looking at the earth in total silence etc , hope it all goes to plan
How is he going to manage to open his parachute without destroying it at that speed?
heāll have slowed back down to terminal velocity by thenā¦
It was postponed because of gusting winds at Roswell, so he couldnāt take off. The balloon that takes him up is fragile and can only take off in near calm. Pity I had been looking forward to this.
mucker85:
How is he going to manage to open his parachute without destroying it at that speed?
The plan is to attempt the speed record whilst still very high in the āthinā atmosphere, as he reaches the lower āthickerā air the effects of drag will kick in and slow him to terminal velocity, which iirc around 125mph for an unaerodynamic falling object. It is only then that the 'chute will be deployed.
Apart from doing it merely because he can, a successful jump by your man will help prove that ejection and the subsequent descent from high altitude flight is surviveable. If the space shuttle crew had parachutes maybe they would have survived when it broke up at high altitude.
Just watched this on the live Stratos feed , amazing !
flat to the mat:
Just watched this on the live Stratos feed , amazing !
+1 wonder how many weāre watching lol looked mad the earth from that high up
Glad to see that it had a happy ending.
Just read that he got to over 800 mph
To be honest I thought he was mad at first but it does have itās good points, like the possibility of high altitude escapes and any effects on the human body so therefore he has my admiration now.
the maoster:
mucker85:
How is he going to manage to open his parachute without destroying it at that speed?The plan is to attempt the speed record whilst still very high in the āthinā atmosphere, as he reaches the lower āthickerā air the effects of drag will kick in and slow him to terminal velocity, which iirc around 125mph for an unaerodynamic falling object. It is only then that the 'chute will be deployed.
Apart from doing it merely because he can, a successful jump by your man will help prove that ejection and the subsequent descent from high altitude flight is surviveable. If the space shuttle crew had parachutes maybe they would have survived when it broke up at high altitude.
Assuming the explosion didnāt kill them first but saying that I have read that at least a few of the astronauts were still alive after it broke up.
Also this jumper went through the sound barrier, would he of been able to hear a sonic boom like the jets?
I may be mistaken Fb11, but I always thought that a jet breaking the sound barrier wouldnāt hear the sonic boom (or more accurately, the passengers within) because by the very virtue of the fact that the jet is travelling faster than the speed of sound the boom will be travelling behind it constantly.
Interestingly, maybe the only time theyād hear it is once they decelerated thus allowing the sonic boom to āovertakeā them.
I imagine the same would apply to yer man here.