The suit was equipped with cameras and other stuff to monitor the jump and the effects on his body.
I just read that he hit 833 miles an hour at the fastest part of the jump.
The guy who was talking to FB before the jump was Joe Kittinger. He held the previous record set back in 1960.
His jump was done with a setup that kept him from spinning like FB did. The military was studying the effects of a high altitude ejection from a jet. They dropped dummies and found that they spun out of control until they figured out a smaller chute to stabilize the pilot and then a larger chute to get him down.
FB was spinning so fast at the beginning I thought he would black out. You can see when he finally got squared away and began to get into position to pull his chute. The film from the cameras should be good.
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NASA is interested in the suit and probably will get some good ideas from it.
If a pic is worth a thousand words?
This one is worth about 128,000 feet?
I did hold my breath and was probably just as scared/excited as he was.
People are complaining about this stunt as being a waste of time and money?
I think that if there are a few things that help science and maybe inspire a few kids that show up at school
today with a desire to learn?
We should check back with them in a few years and see how much a "stunt" inspired them to do something
that people think is impossible.
It was a good day for dreamers and inspiration.
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