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artempolo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
no... its not...
JAG03064 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Speed of sound = 767 mph...Kittingers equipment measured an air speed of 614 if I'm correct. But what big balls he had to jump at that altitude. Technically he was the first man in space, Gagarin was the first to orbit the earth in a manned craft that's why Kittingers feat was not as widely known. Funny to stumble on this video, I read a really detailed article about this a year or so ago. Thanks for posting, the original photo's after seeing this do it no justice.
thedman696969 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that's absolutely right
NaturalStyleBJ (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
well the speed of sound is somthing like 760 miles per hour but sound travels various speeds depending on the environment sound actually travels near ts slowest in air and at 100k alt the speed of sound would be slower becuase temperature and sound decrease as altitude increases so as i wish to agree with you that he didnt break the speed of sound he was definitely not traveling 980mph
Nickforlife12 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that is so fake
garfunkledev (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that would be amazing
sparklequeen80 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
for some of the people asking, He didn't break the sound barrier but he was going pretty close to the speed of sound, im not sure what that is but I beleive he was going 980kph or 980mph while falling in the statosphere
mikeyp7456 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I am going to do this, i am going to make it my life ambition, but maybe it wont ever happen
geneosis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
sound barrier isn't the same when you get very high, the air is less dense.
coreyagraph (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
at the time this occured, it was classified under 'military'. there was cold war, space race, ect. wiki col. kittinger and you will see this was just one of his many amazing accomplishments. |
