Man Free Falls From Space

[philshelton]

How is it that a man can free fall from space and walk away. A footballer falls 5 foot and needs a stretcher?????

[Guest MarkB]

They both have something in common, I have tried to watch football and to be honest I would rather watch grass grow. After all the hype I decided to watch Felix does his bit and I just thought.... What is the bloody point..... Waste of time and energy.... We now know you can free fall from the edge of space and survive, aplenty this may come in handy when we start commercial flights that fly that high..... Now I know I'm a Yorky thicko.... But...... We don't give normal commercial flight passengers parachutes and oxygen never mind a friggin space suit...... Couldn't they find something more interesting to do like find out why my pen rolls off my desk when the spirit of level says its flat!!

[philshelton]

Got a box of bubbles some were in the garage I think

[Guest MarkB]

You have a faulty bubble in the spirit level. Go and buy a replacement bubble

 

Bugger... never thought of that

 

 

Got a box of bubbles some were in the garage I think

 

Excellent, i will swap for some airhose fittings and pipe

[maccavvy]

 

...... Couldn't they find something more interesting to do like find out why my pen rolls off my desk when the spirit of level says its flat!!

 

You dont have a pen..your secretary does all the paperwork

[Guest MarkB]

You dont have a pen..your secretary does all the paperwork

 

 

sshhhh the boss might see :80:

[Bob Tucker]

Use a pencil.....they're hex...hecks....6-sided anyway, so they don't roll.

 

In any case, your pen shouldn't be laying idle on the desk...it should be in your hand, doing useful work.

[brumster]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was unimpressed by the space jump thing - I was keeping my head down as it seemed the sun shone from his arse over the past few days, and I'm known for being a miserable bugger so figured I was in the minority. 6000ft, 120,000ft, what's the difference apart from lack of air and a higher speed?! Jump, fall, open parachute, land. Granted there's some skill in controlling the direction of your body but I suspect any long-standing freefaller has plenty of experience in that area.

 

Still, you wouldn't get me doing it so I guess a fair chunk of credit is due! I'll get back to being a miserable git... <mumble mumble>....

[Grim]

haven't watched the video yet, but have been aware of kittinger's record for some time, partly as one of the longest held records. I wouldn't say it was completely straight forward, just ask Nick Piantanida

[Guest MarkB]

It wasn't straight forward, it was pretty much straight down.

[brumster]

Pretty impressive that Nick did it in 1966 though!

[fry61]

Just got to be the highest advert for Red Bull & the record proves how high it can be piled.

[Guest scrabster]

has anyone noticed his name is "Felix" and he landed on his feet from whatever distance he dropped from.

[richyb66]

The trick with throwing cats in the air is to give them a bit of a spin as you throw them, that way they can't twist their body around in flight and therefore don't land on their feet.

 

 

...so I've beed told (just in case the RSPCA are reading this).

[Guest scrabster]

i think cats use the same theory as a slice of bread and butter