Baumgartner's Space Jump Record Broken!
Oct 25, 2014 12:16:11 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 25, 2014 12:16:11 GMT 12
This came as a surprise to me.
Google executive Alan Eustace has jumped from the edge of space and broken the record set by Felix Baumgartner.
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11187385/Google-executive-breaks-Felix-Baumgartner-s-space-jump-world-record.html
Google executive breaks Felix Baumgartner 's space jump world record
Alan Eustace successfully jumped from the edge of space - beating previous parachute jump record by eight feet
Alan Eustace prepares for his mission. He had to breathe pure oxygen for hours in advance to wash the nitrogen out of his system Photo: Paragon Space Development
By Josie Ensor, San Francisco11:36PM BST 24 Oct 2014
One of Google’s most senior executives has broken Felix Baumgartner's record for the highest parachute jump in history - making him the second person to break the sound barrier.
Alan Eustace, whose title at the company is senior vice president of knowledge, successfully jumped from the edge of space at 135,908 feet on Friday evening.
The computer scientist started his journey in a high-altitude, helium-filled balloon, leaving from an abandoned airport in New Mexico.
He started his dive at 135,908 feet - remaining in freefall for about 4.5 minutes, hitting a top speed of 822 mph.
Mr Eustace cut himself loose from the balloon with the aid of a small explosive device and plummeted toward the earth, setting off a small sonic boom heard by observers on the ground.
“'It was a wild, wild ride,” he said.
“It was amazing. It was beautiful. You could see the darkness of space and you could see the layers of atmosphere, which I had never seen before.”
Mr Baumgartner became the first person to break the sound barrier in free fall just two years ago. His dive was from an altitude of 127,852 feet, which at the time also set a new record for highest free-fall parachute jump — a record that Mr Eustace surpassed on Friday.
Eustace was suspended from the balloon in his suit, unlike Baumgartner who used a capsule
Mr Eustace had planned his jump in the utmost secrecy, working for almost three years with a small group of technologists and carrying just two GoPro cameras to capture the jump.
Senior Google executive Alan Eustace jumped from 135,000 feet
The jump is part of a project by Paragon Space Development Corp. and its Stratospheric Explorer team, whose goal is to develop a self-contained commercial spacesuit that would allow people to explore the stratosphere.
Google executive Alan Eustace has jumped from the edge of space and broken the record set by Felix Baumgartner.
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11187385/Google-executive-breaks-Felix-Baumgartner-s-space-jump-world-record.html
Google executive breaks Felix Baumgartner 's space jump world record
Alan Eustace successfully jumped from the edge of space - beating previous parachute jump record by eight feet
Alan Eustace prepares for his mission. He had to breathe pure oxygen for hours in advance to wash the nitrogen out of his system Photo: Paragon Space Development
By Josie Ensor, San Francisco11:36PM BST 24 Oct 2014
One of Google’s most senior executives has broken Felix Baumgartner's record for the highest parachute jump in history - making him the second person to break the sound barrier.
Alan Eustace, whose title at the company is senior vice president of knowledge, successfully jumped from the edge of space at 135,908 feet on Friday evening.
The computer scientist started his journey in a high-altitude, helium-filled balloon, leaving from an abandoned airport in New Mexico.
He started his dive at 135,908 feet - remaining in freefall for about 4.5 minutes, hitting a top speed of 822 mph.
Mr Eustace cut himself loose from the balloon with the aid of a small explosive device and plummeted toward the earth, setting off a small sonic boom heard by observers on the ground.
“'It was a wild, wild ride,” he said.
“It was amazing. It was beautiful. You could see the darkness of space and you could see the layers of atmosphere, which I had never seen before.”
Mr Baumgartner became the first person to break the sound barrier in free fall just two years ago. His dive was from an altitude of 127,852 feet, which at the time also set a new record for highest free-fall parachute jump — a record that Mr Eustace surpassed on Friday.
Eustace was suspended from the balloon in his suit, unlike Baumgartner who used a capsule
Mr Eustace had planned his jump in the utmost secrecy, working for almost three years with a small group of technologists and carrying just two GoPro cameras to capture the jump.
Senior Google executive Alan Eustace jumped from 135,000 feet
The jump is part of a project by Paragon Space Development Corp. and its Stratospheric Explorer team, whose goal is to develop a self-contained commercial spacesuit that would allow people to explore the stratosphere.