I couldn't seem to find any threads talking about yesterday's "skydive from the edge of space" here at SciForums (I'm sure there's got to be somewhere) - but something I've been pondering since watching the event live is the reported top speed during the descent. The debriefing and news outlets all reported he reached ~ 830 mph - but during the actual event, he seems to have leveled off at ~ 7:30 mph. Additionally, there is this mysterious moment that -for some totally bizarre reason- the Stratos production crew cut to the scene in the control room at the crucial moment when Baumgartner was supposedly supersonic. I found that to be a bit suspicious. Maybe he didn't actually break the speed of sound?
[video=youtube;HXOcYExulKk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXOcYExulKk[/video]
Oh well - I'm just putting this in the conspiracies subforum for no other reason than for my own personal catharsis. I assume there may have been a difference in what we actually saw on live TV and the data they got from other more accurate instruments. It was still really cool to watch.
[video=youtube;HXOcYExulKk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXOcYExulKk[/video]
Oh well - I'm just putting this in the conspiracies subforum for no other reason than for my own personal catharsis. I assume there may have been a difference in what we actually saw on live TV and the data they got from other more accurate instruments. It was still really cool to watch.