Joseph Kittinger - Highest Skydive

check out the vid The Universe The Edge of Space..(5 part series) They show the possibility of skydiving from space.. I know someone had done it, that is what got me to look this vid up..

he didnt even get close to breaking the sound barrier. terminal velocity for a human is only about 180 miles per hour.

@AlexN5142

True....but that only applies to objects at sea level on Earth. Joe Kittinger jumped literally from the edge of space, above 98 percent of our atmosphere. He was at an altitude that was practically a vacuum. Due to the lack of atmosphere to slow him down, he continued accelerating under the pull of gravity. He slowly began to slow down after reaching his terminal velocity of 614 mph at 90,000 ft (after 2 miles of falling). By the time he pulled his chute, he was down to 120 mph.

because its to fukin hard, 1 of the only avation records that still stands

he tells that he broke but its more like a legend to an old man that made a pretty fucking awsome thing.....im like to keep the lie of the barrier of sound....

He didn't break the sound barrier even though you would think he'd have fallen faster with those two huge brass balls of his.

As well as being the first human to break the sound barrier un-aided, he was technically the first human in space due to the height at which he jumped from.

he didnt break the sound barrier he was just under

Hardly 102,800 feet is still in the stratosphere

i didn't know 31 kilometers was actually space