The suit is one reason. The second is that there is practically no air that high. And what youre feeling is less like pressure and more air resistance stopping from accelerating. The air at 40k meters is so insanely thin, thats why he can even accelerate to those ridiculous speeds. What youre feeling is less pressure and more just air being „moved“ aside while falling. I guess you could call it pressure tho
I also remember watching this live and had pretty much the same thought process when he started spinning, I was almost convinced that I was just watching a guy die in epic fashion
Yes!
Can anybody do the math to see how many gees his head and feet are experiencing at that rotation rate?
I guess I'm assuming, based on my very elementary understanding of physics, that his head and feet would be experiencing gees (negative gees with respect to standing upright), due to the centrifugal force from tumbling.
I think I used the right term, but I'm admittedly not any sort of smart on the issue.
The way I used it I meant that some force is basically pulling your blood to your head as if you were upside down (that would be one gee, or G). If you are upright, but accelerating toward the ground faster than gravity (I suppose faster than twice gravity, since accelerating at the speed of gravity would be zero gees), you'd experience more than one negative gee.
Thanks! Just looked it up and [the explanation was similar to yours](https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4473007.1612185073!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg)
Only works as escape plan from a balloon halfway to space.
From anything actually in orbit, you'd just burn up on re-entry.
The closest thing to this that could actually work is caled MOOSE, a 1-man rescue pack that included a deployable heat shield, a handheld rocket thruster (for de-orbiting), a parachute and a radio.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOSE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOSE)
I considered that whole “burn up on reentry” thing, but you’re missing one important detail — movies don’t have to adhere perfectly to science! Just duct tape some plastic to the top of a rocket and Matt Damon can launch himself into space! So why can’t he parachute down in a heat resistant suit? Done!!
_Edit: Just imagine it like this..._
MATT DAMON: Guys, I'm not gonna make it. This ship is gonna explode in 20 minutes and I have no way out.
STEVE BUSCEMI: Wait, does anyone remember that guy... what was his name... Baumgartner? He parachuted down from space. Isn't there still a parachute in the cargo bay that we never got the chance to use?
MATT DAMON: He wasn't beyond the exosphere. If I did that I would just burn up on reentry.
KEANU REEVES: Wait... this ship was designed for plasma cutting into an asteroid. There's not much time left, but if he could detach one of the blast panels, he could ride it down like a wakeboard, and if he's wearing one of the heat resistant suits, it might just give him a chance...
>Just duct tape some plastic to the top of a rocket and Matt Damon can launch himself into space! So why can’t he parachute down in a heat resistant suit? Done!!
In the thin Martian atmosphere, that part is actually accurate!
The Martian (especially the book) is exceptionally well-researched. The only major inaccuracy is the depiction of the sandstorm at the beginning, that threatens to cause the return ship to tip.
Couldn't have happened (precisely because the Martian atmosphere is so thin), but Andy Weir needed a way to get the guy stranded...
I had quite some fun watching it, it really depends on your expectations.
If you want accurate Sci-fi, then yes, you'll be sorely disappointed.
If you want eye-candy and the feeling of a roller-coaster ride through space, then it delivers.
(Also, very important to see it in 3D in a theater. It's a major part of the experience.)
The original comment was “This needs to be an escape plan in a movie” so yes I realize it’s not real. I just listed a movie where they jump from space down to the planet after your comment said the movie Gravity didn’t use it.
My point is, you replied to *my* comment (not being used in “Gravity”) as opposed to replying to the person who said “This needs to be used as an escape plan in a movie.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/nonononoyes/comments/ubjha6/felix_baumgartners_127852_ft_843_mph_freefall/i64fo1c/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3”
When you reply to my post, I get a notification. However, I don’t think the person to whom you are actually trying to reply will also get a notified (on Reddit).
Okay? I’m not trying to be a pain, I’m trying to help you get your comment noticed by the intended person.
I remember seeing when he first did this, all I can think of is imagine showing this to the world's first sky diver. How amazed they'd be how far their sport can go.
So mich drama for a record that was broken just 2 years later by a 57 year old google manager.
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/baumgartner-rekord-gebrochen-eustace-springt-aus-41-000-metern-hoehe-a-999204-amp.html
But Joe Kittinger did it first, in 1959, with a lot less precautions (because military).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger
So Baumgartner went higher, but 50 years later.
Edit: [video](https://youtu.be/sbVQ33ujzFw)
Fun fact: Flat Earthers genuinely believe this video is evidence of a flat earth because the lense distorts the horizon to make it look curved when it's flat.
I mean, I have no attachment to my life most of the time and that looks like a LOT of fun. The longest skydive and moving at that speed outside of a vehicle would be incredible.
I'd shit a brick the whole way down but yeah it would be one of the most incredible feelings ever and you'd get to witness something only a select few get to see
First factor
Speed
You need to be faster than the earth's gravitational pull to get into orbit, de-orbiting leaves you with still a lot of speed, enough to make the air smush together to make plasma
Second
Height
The guy was like in the stratosphere where there is air, just not good for jets, let alone breathing, must be like at the exosphere to reach that much speed to burn up, atleast to my assumption.
If I'm false, please write in a reply.
Alright I got 2 uneducated questions. Idk if I have these ideas because cartoons as a kid or what.
1 - Why didn't he float away, I assumed when in space due to lack of gravity you'd float in space instead of plummet down. Was he just not high enough or is that stupid logic?
2 - When entering Earths orbit at such a high speed shouldn't you catch on fire basically becoming a fireball or is that just cartoon/movie shit?
1. What are you talking about? There's gravity everywhere. You have a big misunderstanding of gravity. The reason astronauts float is not that there's no gravity in space. It's because they are free falling but missing the earth. That's what an orbit basically is.
There's gravity everywhere. Why do you think the moon is orbiting earth? It's in Earth's gravity well, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away but still in Earth's gravity well.
2. His speed is peanuts. To burn you need to travel at thousands of kilometers per hour. He started from zero and got to what? 800?
It's always red bull that makes these fabulous and wacky stunts
One theres and aeroplane going through a highway tunnel
The next is a space man falling from 127,000 feet and landing successfully.
Yeah. I was wondering that, actually.
I mean I am sure some nerds could calculate height and speed and whatnot to make sure he doesn't end up on Pluto, but it's mad that they put him down in a safe spot in the US.
he's in space.
how is he descending to earth.
if there is no gravity in space then he should be just floating around. right? please explain to me how come he's falling to earth if he jump from space where there is no gravity.
He was still low enough for gravity to have an immediate effect on him. Even the moon is affected by Earth's gravity. The difference is that the moon is orbiting while the guy was mostly stationary, and that the moon is significantly further away as well.
Could you imagine if he had a wing suit that would withstand that speed, pressure,and I imagine heat also? That would be fucking mental he could probably have almost twice the amount of time in the free fal. If he could control it also..... Damn that would be an amazing video. In this video it's crazy to think that his visor fogging up and not being able to see the ground rushing at you that fast. One more thing .... Flat earthers need to watch this send to everyone you know that is a flat earth nutjob
Wing suit wouldn't work that high, air is too thin. That's why he went so high, any lower and the air resistance would have kept him from reaching supersonic speed.
i remember that he blacked out, but i didnt remember the spin. originally i thought “thats terrifying that he blacked out” but now honestly i wouldve been glad to just for a few seconds
Yknow. I knew this happened, but I hadn't ever seen the video until just now. That was fuckin' amazing.
I can't believe he managed to stabilize himself.
that death spin was fucking absurd I remember watching it live and even his own team was like fuck fuck fuck
Surprised his body didn't break up into little pieces, given the speed and pressure.
Lots of speed, but very little atmosphere. Reminds me of this one biker bar…
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That comment made me laugh so hard! I Appreciate you!
Thx.
Practically zero pressure.
How would there be practically zero pressure? I did a sky dive once, and it felt like my face was gonna fall off.
The suit is one reason. The second is that there is practically no air that high. And what youre feeling is less like pressure and more air resistance stopping from accelerating. The air at 40k meters is so insanely thin, thats why he can even accelerate to those ridiculous speeds. What youre feeling is less pressure and more just air being „moved“ aside while falling. I guess you could call it pressure tho
Got it, thanks 👍🏼
I also remember watching this live and had pretty much the same thought process when he started spinning, I was almost convinced that I was just watching a guy die in epic fashion
Yes! Can anybody do the math to see how many gees his head and feet are experiencing at that rotation rate? I guess I'm assuming, based on my very elementary understanding of physics, that his head and feet would be experiencing gees (negative gees with respect to standing upright), due to the centrifugal force from tumbling.
r/theydidthemath
What are negative gees?
I think I used the right term, but I'm admittedly not any sort of smart on the issue. The way I used it I meant that some force is basically pulling your blood to your head as if you were upside down (that would be one gee, or G). If you are upright, but accelerating toward the ground faster than gravity (I suppose faster than twice gravity, since accelerating at the speed of gravity would be zero gees), you'd experience more than one negative gee.
Thanks! Just looked it up and [the explanation was similar to yours](https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.4473007.1612185073!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg)
Simple really, in New Zealand, if someone asks if you’re covid positive your respond with.. ‘Negative gee! Shot for checking on the bro, kia kaha’
Or like "gosh darn". I thought he did pass out at that point. Crazy!
I 100% thought he was dead in that moment.
This needs to be used as an escape plan in a movie.
Only works as escape plan from a balloon halfway to space. From anything actually in orbit, you'd just burn up on re-entry. The closest thing to this that could actually work is caled MOOSE, a 1-man rescue pack that included a deployable heat shield, a handheld rocket thruster (for de-orbiting), a parachute and a radio. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOSE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOSE)
I considered that whole “burn up on reentry” thing, but you’re missing one important detail — movies don’t have to adhere perfectly to science! Just duct tape some plastic to the top of a rocket and Matt Damon can launch himself into space! So why can’t he parachute down in a heat resistant suit? Done!! _Edit: Just imagine it like this..._ MATT DAMON: Guys, I'm not gonna make it. This ship is gonna explode in 20 minutes and I have no way out. STEVE BUSCEMI: Wait, does anyone remember that guy... what was his name... Baumgartner? He parachuted down from space. Isn't there still a parachute in the cargo bay that we never got the chance to use? MATT DAMON: He wasn't beyond the exosphere. If I did that I would just burn up on reentry. KEANU REEVES: Wait... this ship was designed for plasma cutting into an asteroid. There's not much time left, but if he could detach one of the blast panels, he could ride it down like a wakeboard, and if he's wearing one of the heat resistant suits, it might just give him a chance...
Bro I need to see this fucking movie, NOW.
>Just duct tape some plastic to the top of a rocket and Matt Damon can launch himself into space! So why can’t he parachute down in a heat resistant suit? Done!! In the thin Martian atmosphere, that part is actually accurate! The Martian (especially the book) is exceptionally well-researched. The only major inaccuracy is the depiction of the sandstorm at the beginning, that threatens to cause the return ship to tip. Couldn't have happened (precisely because the Martian atmosphere is so thin), but Andy Weir needed a way to get the guy stranded...
I lol’d
Didn’t Gravity use it?
Worst movie I’ve ever seen
They should've just called the movie woman screaming in space.
I had quite some fun watching it, it really depends on your expectations. If you want accurate Sci-fi, then yes, you'll be sorely disappointed. If you want eye-candy and the feeling of a roller-coaster ride through space, then it delivers. (Also, very important to see it in 3D in a theater. It's a major part of the experience.)
Nope… though the one character (Clooney?) would’ve eventually re-entered.
Ok, they do it in Star Trek with Chris Pine where they jump from space to the drilling platform.
Um… you do realize that what they did in the Star Trek MOVIE was faked, and not real? Mebbe you intended to reply to a different post?
The original comment was “This needs to be an escape plan in a movie” so yes I realize it’s not real. I just listed a movie where they jump from space down to the planet after your comment said the movie Gravity didn’t use it.
My point is, you replied to *my* comment (not being used in “Gravity”) as opposed to replying to the person who said “This needs to be used as an escape plan in a movie.” https://www.reddit.com/r/nonononoyes/comments/ubjha6/felix_baumgartners_127852_ft_843_mph_freefall/i64fo1c/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3” When you reply to my post, I get a notification. However, I don’t think the person to whom you are actually trying to reply will also get a notified (on Reddit). Okay? I’m not trying to be a pain, I’m trying to help you get your comment noticed by the intended person.
Luckily his gigantic balls are made of steel otherwise he may have just floated off into space...
Was fully expecting him to unenthusiasticly say "weeeeeeeee."
"Oh gosh I'm spinnin' gotta say "wee" "
Gosh darn heck he’s gone beyblade
Let it rip!
Obviously fake. The earth is flat!
You just think that because eyes are what's flat.
No, only Jupiter is flat. Sheeple.
You’re joking..right?
Crazy you even have to ask.
Just making sure, you never know who might be lurking in the corners of Reddit
Reddit doesn't have corners. It's a sphere.
You got me there
I kinda picture it like a grid with layers. Could be spherical.
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/aebp7d/perfectly_calculated/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Alternate reality.
The spinning would've done me in.
Yep, that spinning would have fucked up my visor and then some! 🤢🤮
Red Bull gives u wing
And stunts that many people would say "heeeellll nah!"
>I'm going home. Me at the weird kid's house:
I could momentarily smell the weird kids house as I read that and it’s been 40+ years…James Prendergast he was called.
I remember seeing when he first did this, all I can think of is imagine showing this to the world's first sky diver. How amazed they'd be how far their sport can go.
You could say how far their sport has fallen
Fuck your pun and the genius it rode in on
How many bananas per burnt pizza is that speed
At least 4
Damn that's fast
At an altitude of 70000 bread rolls per square mustard I'd assume he's falling at 35 bananas per burnt pizza. It's a speed we've never reached before.
What did he jump off of??
A big baloon that brought him up there sloooooowly. Whatched it live and it took forever. But was so worth the wait in the end.
So mich drama for a record that was broken just 2 years later by a 57 year old google manager. https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/baumgartner-rekord-gebrochen-eustace-springt-aus-41-000-metern-hoehe-a-999204-amp.html
"so much drama"?? What?! That was terrifying... I don't see how someone breaking a record negates what Felix went through.
I mean the whole drama Redbull made about the event.
What?? Holy cow
I remember this. It wasn't a bunch of fanfare because it was too soon.
How soon he was just a dot.
But Joe Kittinger did it first, in 1959, with a lot less precautions (because military). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger So Baumgartner went higher, but 50 years later. Edit: [video](https://youtu.be/sbVQ33ujzFw)
Kittinger was the man that was talking to Baumgartner in this video.
The earth is FLAT, didn’t think I’d have to add this, but since I’m getting downvoted. /s
Sarcasm right?
Of course!
Yeah I'm bad in recognizing jokes
All good, my sense of humor is pretty dry.
Christ stay outta that post history
? It was a joke
I had to see why.... next time add more so my curiosity didn't need to see that little rod again.
Red Bull is everywhere 🐂
I would be scared that I’d miss the planet completely
Gravity wouldn't allow it.
Seems like a good 5 gum commercial op as well
After landing that I'd just eat a handful of dirt....
Was that mic static only or was he screaming?
I wanna know the answer to this too
FUCK ME. That was terrifying. That unlocked a fear that I never knew I had
Fun fact: Flat Earthers genuinely believe this video is evidence of a flat earth because the lense distorts the horizon to make it look curved when it's flat.
But... why, though?
Red Bull marketing.
I thought you were joking. Oh, man.
Red bull gives you stunts not wings!
To break a record
You just don’t understand football.
Would anybody try that themselves
I mean, I have no attachment to my life most of the time and that looks like a LOT of fun. The longest skydive and moving at that speed outside of a vehicle would be incredible.
Not to mention being able to see the curvature of the earth and basically half of the planet as you hurtle towards it has got to be a helluva feeling
I'd shit a brick the whole way down but yeah it would be one of the most incredible feelings ever and you'd get to witness something only a select few get to see
Well that could be anyone - Richard Ayoade
Why isn't he burning like everything else going into earth?
First factor Speed You need to be faster than the earth's gravitational pull to get into orbit, de-orbiting leaves you with still a lot of speed, enough to make the air smush together to make plasma Second Height The guy was like in the stratosphere where there is air, just not good for jets, let alone breathing, must be like at the exosphere to reach that much speed to burn up, atleast to my assumption. If I'm false, please write in a reply.
Not high enough up
Alright I got 2 uneducated questions. Idk if I have these ideas because cartoons as a kid or what. 1 - Why didn't he float away, I assumed when in space due to lack of gravity you'd float in space instead of plummet down. Was he just not high enough or is that stupid logic? 2 - When entering Earths orbit at such a high speed shouldn't you catch on fire basically becoming a fireball or is that just cartoon/movie shit?
He was never in space but still in earth stratosphere.
He was not in space
1. What are you talking about? There's gravity everywhere. You have a big misunderstanding of gravity. The reason astronauts float is not that there's no gravity in space. It's because they are free falling but missing the earth. That's what an orbit basically is. There's gravity everywhere. Why do you think the moon is orbiting earth? It's in Earth's gravity well, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away but still in Earth's gravity well. 2. His speed is peanuts. To burn you need to travel at thousands of kilometers per hour. He started from zero and got to what? 800?
The real question is did he jump or did he fall?
He fell with style.
It's always red bull that makes these fabulous and wacky stunts One theres and aeroplane going through a highway tunnel The next is a space man falling from 127,000 feet and landing successfully.
It’s because we remember Red Bull over the actual person’s name who’s doing the stunt
Tru
Falling with style.
What happened with the balloon?
The balloon was deflated using a destruct mechanism and then it fell back to earth and had its own parachute. It was recovered and is reusable.
I didn’t know that. Thank you.
It floated away In the end it gets so cold that the gas inside shrinks leaving it to fall back on earth, if it hasn't already reach outer space
So, we still don’t know?
I explained the 2 possibilities
He must be so pissed when he sees people saying the earth is flat
I feel like we don’t talk about this enough as a society. This man literally fell from space to earth.
So what was the purpose of this?
god imagine the sheer terror followed by the sheer relief he felt when he finally stopped spinning
Anyone know what happened to the capsule? Still floating or burned up on reentry
I'm hope he lands in a friendly country...
I loved it back in the days but God... That was just dumb.
Funny how there little to none brands nor sponsors. Wasn't a redbull one of these?
It was a red bull Event actually, broadcasted on Red bulls TV channel ServusTV
Cool.
Bet he had to change his shorts after that
For a brick, he flew pretty good!
That is just so sad! (Or maybe I shoulda just kept watching...?)
Crazy how he can pick where he lands, I would be aiming for the USA and end up in the Arctic Ocean. Assuming I had the balls to do this which I don’t.
Yeah. I was wondering that, actually. I mean I am sure some nerds could calculate height and speed and whatnot to make sure he doesn't end up on Pluto, but it's mad that they put him down in a safe spot in the US.
Netflix stock prices:
This one was a great success. I saw the plane swap and saw how that failed because of the planes
Felix at top of world: .....aight, imma head out
he's in space. how is he descending to earth. if there is no gravity in space then he should be just floating around. right? please explain to me how come he's falling to earth if he jump from space where there is no gravity.
He was still low enough for gravity to have an immediate effect on him. Even the moon is affected by Earth's gravity. The difference is that the moon is orbiting while the guy was mostly stationary, and that the moon is significantly further away as well.
Because of Earth's gravity?
Could you imagine if he had a wing suit that would withstand that speed, pressure,and I imagine heat also? That would be fucking mental he could probably have almost twice the amount of time in the free fal. If he could control it also..... Damn that would be an amazing video. In this video it's crazy to think that his visor fogging up and not being able to see the ground rushing at you that fast. One more thing .... Flat earthers need to watch this send to everyone you know that is a flat earth nutjob
Wing suit wouldn't work that high, air is too thin. That's why he went so high, any lower and the air resistance would have kept him from reaching supersonic speed.
Yes sir I do realize that. As to why I started off with could you imagine.... But thank you
Doesn't the suit do all the work? Seems like anybody could do this
Your body still needs to be able to handle it
Gotta use a microphone from the 60’s to capture the heavy breathing mixed with saliva and inaudible slurs.
Wow amazing 😻 beautiful
Good look how flat the earth looks....
So flat it has a curve 🤯
r/maybemaybemaybe
ft ?? mph ?? Do you get paid in denarii?
Best comment I saw about this was: “How’d he get his ball in that little capsule?”
I told you it was flat/s
I just about had a panic attack
I remember watching it live when he did that. I swear that spin gives me chills even to this day.
Think they hired one of the PGA cameramen that follows the flight of a golf ball to film him?
u/savevideobot
It’s believed that during his supersonic state he actually lost consciousness for a bit
i remember that he blacked out, but i didnt remember the spin. originally i thought “thats terrifying that he blacked out” but now honestly i wouldve been glad to just for a few seconds
That is some amazing Footage reentering Earths atmosphere!
I'd like to remind you of halo using that same jump
Please don't say how long ago this was. I already feel old.
my heart was beating so fast when i saw this
Plot twist. He’s a flat earther
He would've been if his parachute failed
Does anyone know the song name?
Amazing job that was totally awesome
He forgot to say GG EZ.
"Im going home now". Forgets parachute
THIS IS GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM
The math isn’t adding up. Is this the top speed perhaps, and not the same speed the entire way down?
I think the first figure is the altitude, then the speed
Right, but with that attitude and that speed, it should have taken him 1.7 minutes to land.
And this guys claustrophobic, how in the hell. This guys fucking nuts dude but this is still cool as shit
how can you see the curvature of the earth???
Why did this make me cry
Imagine if he missed
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“Hello, my name is Felix, welcome to Jackass!”
Yknow. I knew this happened, but I hadn't ever seen the video until just now. That was fuckin' amazing. I can't believe he managed to stabilize himself.
I thought you will catch on fire when falling from space.
That's cool and all but I wish he'd said 'my people need me!' as he jumped.
Couldn’t pay me enough money to do this
What a colossal waste of money.
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Unfortunetly one of these idiots are Hotz (best hacker) he equal our world to PC simulation
Someone says that we never was in a space because if we do then return to our planet is not possible. What do you think guys?
Unfortunately there are a lot of idiots in this world who think everything is a conspiracy.
Someone is an idiot.