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From: dmeyer@burst.csc.ti.com (Dane Meyer)
Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
Subject: Skydive from Space
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Date: 16 Apr 91 19:16:36 GMT
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Gang,

  I just noticed this note on sci.space that I thought you might be
interested in.  I have read several accounts of Kittinger's jump and
some others that did not fare so well.  High altitude skydiving is
very complex, expensive, and high risk.  But like anything else, it
can be done given the right equipment, preparation, and level headed
people.  I really enjoy reading about these adventures.

Dane Meyer            dmeyer@ti.csc.com

P.S.  Hi Ken.  Saw one of your postings here recently.  Blue skies, bud.

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Article 25436 in sci.space:
From: nraoaoc@nmt.edu (Daniel Briggs)
Subject: Skydive from Space
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.115042.8563@nmt.edu>
Date: 16 Apr 91 11:50:42 GMT
Reply-To: dbriggs@nrao.edu (Daniel Briggs)
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
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Here's a fun little tidbit that I thought sci.space'ers might
appreciate.  It's from the "Maybe You've Heard" column in the April
_Skydiving_ magazine.

"Plans have been announced for an October attempt to set a high
altitude freefall record.  The project, dubbed "Skydive from Space" by
its New York promoters, calls for British jumpers Harry Taylor and
Nish Bruce to jump from a balloon floating 120,000 ft. over Texas.
The world record freefall is from 80,630 ft.  (Joe Kittinger's famous
jump from 102,800 feet wasn't a real freefall since he was stabilized
by a drogue during part of his descent.)"

Sounds like fun, eh?  BTW, that shot at Kittinger's record strikes me
as a bit nitpicky.  Certainly most skydivers refer to an ordinary
tandem jump as "freefall", and that is also drogue stabilized.  It's
obviously just a matter of definition, though.  Likewise, 23 miles may
not fit normal definitions of "space", but it's certainly getting
pretty close!

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