Monday, October 29, 2012

Felix's historic jump breaks the sound barrier

Felix Baumgartner,Austrian "extrema athlete", kept the world brethless,  jumping down from a height of 38.6km.
He has become the first skydiver to jump from the record-making height, breaking tge speed of sound. The jump wad part of experiments  including breaking the speed of sound and testinga new space suit.
Baumgartner, nick named as 'Fearless Felix', was taken off in a pressurized capsule carried by helium balloon. After security check the 43-year old old former military parachutist went up the skies above the New Mexico desert. At 128,097 feet Felix exited his capsule, flashed his thumbs to live-streaming cameras, and jumped down.
The live-stream was delayed by 20 seconds so as not to telecast a tragedy, in case it turned out so. Bur Felix dashed down to Earth hitting a speed of 690mph (1,110 kph), and landed at New Mexico desert.
However, wasn't as easy as it seems. Any contact with the capsule while he exited could have torn his pressurized suit. This could have led to lack of oxygen and lower temeratures (-70 degrees Farenheit), creating lethal bubbles in his bodily fluids. But nothing went untoward. Felix worked out things as planned making it easy for him to land. During his downward onrush, he activated parachute just 4 minutes away from Earth.
The widely watched jump immediatly became sensational, and Felix was escorted to his waiting friends, whom he huggedvcelebrating the success.
According to reports the jump could make NASA certify a new generation of spacesuit for protecting astronauts. Also it could provide ab escape option from spacecraft at 120,000 feet (36,000).
With this jump, Felix has officially become the first man to break the speed of sound.

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