Joel Hendon

Felix Baumgartner Needs To Be Examined By A Good Shrink!


Posted: Wednesday, February 08, 2012

by Joel Hendon
http://hebronics.org/index.html

Baumgartner, called an Austrian adventurer, has recently announced that he will attempt to make the longest skydive ever accomplished in history sometime this year. Approximately 23 miles! Good grief!!  120,000 feet.

Now this is a difficult thing to do. Joseph Kittinger II holds the current record of the longest skydive, that of just over 19 miles. His first high sky dive of a little over 14 miles, almost proved disastrous when an equipment malfunction caused him to lose consciousness. His automatic parachute release performed well and thereby saved his life.

Several attempts have been made to break Kittinger’s record but all have failed, even some deadly. I find it horrible even to contemplate such. If I had been as tall as some good basketball players, I would go around in fear constantly, that my head was that far off the ground. I met a man in a fast food restaurant a while back who was 7 feet 4 inches tall. I couldn’t see his head very well because it was cloudy up there.

On his last test, Baumgartner was elated. He told reporters that his equipment functioned well and he said, “It means that I can deliver. I can perform.”  Now, read the following things which will be done and will occur…hopefully.

He will climb to his point of 120,000 feet in a capsule lifted by a helium balloon. He will in a pressurized suit similar to an astronaut, which will keep him from exploding, equipped with oxygen to keep him breathing and from passing out.

The suit is similar to those worn by astronauts but it has to be tougher and more mobile than a Nasa space suit. It will have to maintain its integrity in the near vacuum of the very high atmosphere: if there is a serious breach in the suit, Mr Baumgartner's tissues would start to swell and the moisture in his eyes and mouth would start to boil. (Skydiver Felix Baumgartner planning 36km record bid-BBC News)

Besides the enormity of the height, there are many dangers to this experiment.

His free fall will become faster than the speed of sound.

His suit, in addition to the above features, must protect him from the extreme cold at that height.

It must be tough enough to stand the force created in passing through the sound barrier.

It will have to maintain its integrity in the near vacuum of the very high atmosphere: if there is a serious breach in the suit, Mr Baumgartner's tissues would start to swell and the moisture in his eyes and mouth would start to boil. (Ibid)
Author Biography: Joel Hendon was born near Gadsden Alabama. He attended public schools in Cherokee County, Alabama and after serving a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attended Jacksonville State University, majoring in Business Administration. He became a Christian in 1948, and although he followed secular work as a career and retired from Allied Signal Aerospace, he is an avid student of the Holy Bible and related works as well as biblical history. He has an extensive website of conservative religious and political articles.http://hebronics.org/index.html

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