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Topic: Photo of the week 458 (August 3, 2013)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-03-2013 01:54 AM
   
 Astronaut Carl Meade is testing the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) during the STS-64 mission in September 1994. SAFER allows astronauts greater mobility and a rescue device during extravehicular activity (EVA). |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-03-2013 02:10 AM
My immediate thought was, "Gosh! That's some bungee jump." |
chappy
Member Posts: 231
From: Cardiff, S. Wales, UK
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 08-04-2013 10:36 AM
"Hey Felix Baumgartner, I could do better than what you did ages ago. I could do three times higher freefall than you!" LOL |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 08-04-2013 11:17 AM
I think falling (if you could do it - how do you stop your forward momentum) from 800,000 feet present different challenges than falling from 100,000 feet. Wouldn't the former generate much more thermal energy? |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-04-2013 12:02 PM
My thought was something from Apollo 9: "Hey, you're upside down! Well, somebody is!" |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-05-2013 04:50 AM
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Originally posted by garymilgrom:
Wouldn't the former generate much more thermal energy?
A related query - would terminal velocity be the same? |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-09-2013 07:30 AM
STS ... faded glory days |
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