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From: james@castle.ed.ac.uk (J Gillespie)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: U.S. Army skydiving team to jump onto KSC Monday, APRIL 1 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <9468@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Apr 91 18:22:13 GMT
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References: <1991Apr3.173220.26772@news.arc.nasa.gov>
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yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:


>               Shortly after the Space Shuttle Discovery ends its  six-hour
>          trek to Launch Pad 39-A on Monday,  April 1, seven of the world's
>          best skydivers will bail out of an Army U-21    airplane  soaring
>          some 7,000 feet over America's manned spaceport.

>               After  freefalling for about one minute,  the Golden Knights
					     ^^^^^^^^^^
Will be deader than doornails.  Permissible freefall time from 7,000'
is about 35 seconds.  That takes you down to 2,000'.  Another 11-12
seconds takes you to an impact crater :-)

>          -- all of whom are current or former national skydiving champions
					 ^^^^^^
Most assuredly former if they pull a stunt like that :-)

No flames, just minor corrections.  A very interesting article; thanks
for posting it.

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