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From: jerrys@mobby.umiacs.umd.edu (Jerry Sobieski)
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Subject: Re: Skydiving at supersonic airspeeds
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Date: 26 Jun 91 14:05:16 GMT
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In article <1265@keele.keele.ac.uk> csa18@seq1.kl.ac.uk (R.J. Husmo) writes:

>... I always wanted to skydive from ORBIT, myself.
>(No, this time I am being perfectly serious.)
>I have already had comments like: 'If you fall any faster now, you'll need
>tiles on your jumpsuit.'
>
>Would anybody like to comment on the problems with such an undertaking?
>Apart from how to get into orbit in the first place, of course.
>

You better be able to spot!

:-)

Jerry


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