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Topic:	Red Bull Stratos: Felix Baumgartner's skydive

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by YankeeClipper: [B] [QUOTE]Originally posted by garymilgrom: [b] I couldn't agree more but that does not make the purpose of the activity science. The purpose of NASCAR is entertainment![/b][/QUOTE]NASCAR is ultimately about automotive supremacy - fast cars, fast drivers, and high performance science applied live on the track. The science is what allows drivers push the limits and survive to push them again, or as NASCAR puts it [i]"close, safe competition"[/i]. [i]"All Show and No Go"[/i] is pointless, doesn't push limits, doesn't entertain, and doesn't sell anything. Which reminds me to post the link to this: [URL=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/formula-1-alonso-fight-red-bull-genius-121059983.html]Formula 1 - Alonso: We have to fight Red Bull genius[/URL] <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Fernando Alonso believes he is having to contend with the genius of Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey just as much as he is with Sebastian Vettel.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> [QUOTE]Originally posted by garymilgrom: [b]By your standards everything done by humans - watching TV, going potty, cooking dinner - is a scientific activity.[/b][/QUOTE]The discussion began with supersonic freefall, morphed into auto racing, and is now being extrapolated erroneously. When is the last time while watching TV, going potty, or cooking dinner, you had a team of qualified engineers conducting multi-parametric data acquisition/analysis in real-time on you and your state-of-the-art materials and using the data to keep you alive and your equipment performing at world class levels? [QUOTE]Originally posted by garymilgrom: [b]And your statements about dead drivers are incredibly rude and insulting, doubly so as the company I manage has saved hundreds of lives and prevented thousands of injuries.[/b][/QUOTE]My point made exactly, that the safety science of the HANS device/restraint has greatly reduced the incidence of driver basal skull fractures and cervical spine trauma, thus allowing drivers survive otherwise fatal collisions and race again. But people should remember that this topic is about Red Bull Stratos and surviving supersonic freefall from 120,000ft.[/B][/QUOTE]
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