"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
10/24/2014 at 14:41 • Filed to: world record, tips, space
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"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
10/24/2014 at 14:41 • Filed to: world record, tips, space | 4
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Alan Eustace who is a Vice President at Google has secretly beat Felix Baumgartners world altitude record after dangling from a helium ballon for over two hours before a 15 minute plummet to earth at speeds over 800 mph.
A well-known computer scientist parachuted from a balloon near the top of the stratosphere on Friday, falling faster than the speed of sound and breaking the world altitude record set just two years ago.
The jump was made by Alan Eustace, 57, a senior vice president at Google. At dawn he was lifted by a balloon filled with 35,000 cubic feet of helium, from an abandoned runway at the airport here.
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minardi
> Chris Clarke
10/24/2014 at 14:55 |
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Quote: "or a little over two hours, the balloon ascended at speeds up to 1,600 feet per minute". 1600 ft /mn!! That is bloody fast. Error?
Leadbull
> minardi
10/24/2014 at 15:01 |
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I'm sure that ascent rate wasn't constant.
Chase
> minardi
10/24/2014 at 15:05 |
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Thats like 18mph _
user314
> minardi
10/24/2014 at 15:15 |
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I've seen 1400 FPM for Felix's ascent, and being Alan doesn't seem to be using a capsule, 1600 sounds about right.
Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Chris Clarke
10/24/2014 at 16:41 |
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So this beats that redbull dude, that thing they made such a huge deal about a little while ago?