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Casa Nova · 06-27-2007, 02:39 PM

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For sport or safety, hurtling to Earth from space without the protective shroud of a heavily engineered space vehicle seems like sheer lunacy—a hellish descent punctuated by intense heat and terminal, well . . . splatter. But believe it or not, the physics actually works out. With a heat-resistant space suit and the right kind of chutes, such a daredevil plunge should indeed be possible. And with the right people involved, it edges into the realm of the probable.

Two veterans of the space industry are working to make the idea real. While the rest of today’s space-bound private enterprises—Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, XCOR Aerospace, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin—are fixated on getting humans to space, a company called Orbital Outfitters is working on an innovative way of bringing them back, whether it’s done purely as a sport or as an emergency backup plan in case things go awry. Rick Tumlinson, a longtime civilian space booster who founded the Space Frontier Foundation and helped launch the X Prize Foundation, and Jonathan Clark, a former NASA flight surgeon who has a unique understanding of the extremes of spaceflight survival—his wife, astronaut Laurel Clark, perished in the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003—have begun to develop the equipment needed to return you from the heavens without a vehicle.

Together, the two plan to demonstrate a record-breaking 120,000-foot jump by 2009, and the truly unprecedented 60-mile space dive within two years—an audacious timetable. If all goes well, they’ll reach even higher. “Our ultimate goal,” Tumlinson says, “is to have individual human beings return from orbit alive.” That’s a drop from 150 miles—or more—involving increased heat and near-deadly Gs, essentially turning their divers into human meteorites.

Even that’s survivable, says NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer Robert Manning, who designs reentry systems for unmanned craft. Given the right protection—including thermal protection, oxygen, an aerodynamic heat shield and a control system—Manning says, a human being could, theoretically, fall to Earth from any height and survive. The question is whether Tumlinson and Clark can turn theory into fact, and whether anybody would be crazy enough to give their thrill ride a try.

All I can think after reading that is 'Where Do I sign Up?'

Casa Nova · 06-27-2007, 02:43 PM

Silly Guy · 06-27-2007, 02:50 PM

just thinking about it makes me hard...wow

fuzzylogic · 06-27-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Silly Guy

just thinking about it makes me hard...wow

no shit
that would be amazing

J$tyle$ · 06-27-2007, 02:55 PM

WOW!

You'd have to be nuts to be the first one to give it a try

LOL

Sounds like fun though!

Brother Bilo · 06-27-2007, 02:56 PM

I'm pretty sure that I would give up my left testicle to try that. Not the right though, it's too important.

madawgz · 06-27-2007, 02:57 PM

wow thats fucking insane

Jace · 06-27-2007, 02:59 PM

i am going to barf just thinking about that

but WOW, that is crazy nuntheless

D · 06-27-2007, 03:11 PM

That's Hot.

GITZINGER · 06-27-2007, 03:13 PM

what a rush!!

BradM · 06-27-2007, 03:16 PM

I'd do it.

UniversalPass Pete · 06-27-2007, 03:16 PM

Sounds Hot!

vvq · 06-27-2007, 03:24 PM

was done back in the 50s no problem. there is even an awesome video of it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...38614624849007

he said when he jumped out he thought something went terribly wrong because it appeared as if he wasn't falling but rather his balloon blasted off into space.

wild stuff.

notabook · 06-27-2007, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by vvq

was done back in the 50s no problem. there is even an awesome video of it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...38614624849007

he said when he jumped out he thought something went terribly wrong because it appeared as if he wasn't falling but rather his balloon blasted off into space.

wild stuff.

Wild stuff indeed... that would have been a fucking trip, I couldn't even imagine what it would have been like.

Rochard · 06-27-2007, 03:30 PM

My god.... don't show this to Steve Lighstpeed..... He'll make this into a contest and the winner gets to jump from outer space....

Casa Nova · 06-27-2007, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by vvq

was done back in the 50s no problem. there is even an awesome video of it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...38614624849007

he said when he jumped out he thought something went terribly wrong because it appeared as if he wasn't falling but rather his balloon blasted off into space.

wild stuff.

Thats just insane!

NoWhErE · 06-27-2007, 03:52 PM

I thought thats what Halo Jumping was all about?

Unless this is just much much higher

Neighbor · 06-27-2007, 03:55 PM

definitely watching out for this....what a rush!

myboringlife · 06-27-2007, 03:57 PM

no thanks
i have a hard enough time keeping two feet safely on the ground

Brother Bilo · 06-27-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NoWhErE

I thought thats what Halo Jumping was all about?

Unless this is just much much higher

Halo jumps are still inside the atmosphere, sky diving from space would be like sky divings roided out older brother. Kicking Ass!!!

Farang · 06-27-2007, 04:08 PM

holy fuck, that would be.. interesting

_Richard_ · 06-27-2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Casa Nova

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All I can think after reading that is 'Where Do I sign Up?'

no kidding

jalami · 06-27-2007, 04:21 PM

My life just found a purpose.

Lance69 · 06-27-2007, 06:21 PM

I would sooo fuckin' do that! I hope they get a system in place before I'm too old to try.

[ Nate ] · 06-27-2007, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lance69

I would sooo fuckin' do that! I hope they get a system in place before I'm too old to try.

Amen to that!!!

polish_aristocrat · 06-27-2007, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Casa Nova

I'm scared just from looking at this pic.

tony286 · 06-27-2007, 11:30 PM

thats craziness on a large scale.

zeruel · 06-27-2007, 11:32 PM

looks scary... what if meteors strike you? lol

calibra · 06-28-2007, 12:33 AM

Sounds really insane to me. I really doubt that it's gonna work if consider the level of our technology

bobby666 · 06-28-2007, 01:02 AM

i would shit in my panties

JFK · 06-28-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by vvq

was done back in the 50s no problem. there is even an awesome video of it: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...38614624849007

he said when he jumped out he thought something went terribly wrong because it appeared as if he wasn't falling but rather his balloon blasted off into space.

wild stuff.

what does the surfing at the end have to do with anything?

BucksMania · 06-28-2007, 02:53 AM

tempting!

voa · 06-28-2007, 03:02 AM

Looks interesting to me and i would like to try this.

Gunni · 06-28-2007, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JFK

what does the surfing at the end have to do with anything?

He landed in the sea and immediately started surfing!

Casa Nova · 06-28-2007, 10:38 AM

Yeh i just realized it would be soo difficult to try and pinpoint where you would land.. you could land in the middle of the ocean for all you know. ... what a rush!

SykkBoy · 06-28-2007, 10:58 AM

Where do I signup....my ex-wife? ;-)

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