January 20, 2006
Skydiving from 30 Kilometers
Posted by Stephen on January 20, 2006 in Stuff
From this post: In 1960, U.S. Air Force pilot Joe Kittinger flew 30km straight up into the sky using a pressurized, high-altitude balloon. This very nearly made him the first man in space. He then jumped. Kittinger free-fell for over twenty miles – at which point he was moving so fast he broke the sound barrier. He had […]