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Re:Alan Eustace Jumps from Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baum... by DanBC on Friday October 24, 2014 @03:31PM (#8505475)
The falling part is easy. The not dying part is harder. The creating a suit to fall in is tricky too.

And as for falling being easy: when's the last time you jumped off a high dive board? Try it sometime.

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Re:Alan Eustace Jumps from Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baum... by base698 on Saturday October 25, 2014 @12:11AM (#8507187)
Dunning Kruger effect.

Stick your hand out a car window and not the force at say 70 mph. Now imagine it twice as fast. If your hand is not symmetrical you spin. I can do turns in the air with just my hands. A misplaced arm or leg is going to cause even more force and faster rate of turn.

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Re:Alan Eustace Jumps from Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baum... by JoeAltmaier on Friday October 24, 2014 @03:36PM (#8505489)
Didn't he blow a charge to disconnect? Way easier to press a button than to jump out of a doorway
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Re:Alan Eustace Jumps from Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baum... by correcthorse on Friday October 24, 2014 @05:03PM (#8505986)
Well, the suit handles all the hard work of not dying. It could have been anyone in that suit, it just happened to be that guy.

I can stand in ovation at the engineering work in all this, but I don't see reason to applaud the rider.

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