1 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to tech Stuff, a production of I Heart Radios, 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: How Stuff Works. Hey there, and welcome to tech Stuff. 3 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Jonathan Strickland. I'm an executive producer with 4 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: How Stuff Works and I Heeart Radio and a love 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: of all things tech. It's time for another classic episode. 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: This one's truly dated. This one came out on November seven, 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: two thousand twelve. It is titled tech Stuff Jumps from 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 1: Space and Yes, this was when we were talking about 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: a space jump when a capsule that was raised up 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: by very strong balloons, uh, was taken to the very 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: edge of space and we got to experience what it 12 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: was like to jump out of it as we watched 13 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: in first person view, and it was absolutely exhilarating or terrifying, 14 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: depending on your point of view. In this episode, Chris 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: and I talked about that entire mission and what it 16 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: took to achieve eve it. I hope you guys enjoy. 17 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: Earlier this week, as of the time we're recording this, 18 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: a fellow named Felix baumb Gardner did something pretty phenomenal. Yes, 19 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: actually he fell nice, He fell a lot. Yeah, he 20 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: fell more than any man has ever fallen before, right 21 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: in space. No one can hear you fall. As a 22 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: matter of fact, Uh, you know, you said that it's 23 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: been in the news. I think this is going to 24 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: captivate people's attention for a long long time because I 25 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: don't know that anybody is ready to better this brand 26 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:43,559 Speaker 1: new And he said, and this record was set more 27 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: than you know, forty years after the last one, so 28 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: uh so, yeah, it's been a while. So what what 29 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: we're talking about is the Red Bull Stratos jump sponsored 30 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: by Red Bull. Was this crazy the attempt to break 31 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: some world records and many world records were broken, actually 32 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: three three, you know, the four that they were aiming 33 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: for they broke. If you're curious about the one they 34 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: did not break, it was for longest freefall. Uh And 35 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: I think they were going by longest as in uh time, 36 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: really they were looking at the time. It's kind of 37 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,239 Speaker 1: interesting because according to what they were they were going 38 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: by the person who had the the record for the 39 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: highest jump previously, which was a uh that Air Force 40 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: United States Air Force colonel named Joseph Kittinger and his 41 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: name pronounced Kittinger. And on the news report that I, okay, 42 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: I don't know that Kittinger um at any rate he 43 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: in in. Uh. He did several jumps for the Air 44 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: Force to kind of test what this, how how could 45 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: a human survive in a high altitude jump? And one 46 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: on one of those jumps he fell for four minutes 47 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: and thirty six seconds before deploying his main shoot. However, Uh, 48 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: he did use a drogue shoot, which is a smaller 49 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: shoot not meant to uh, to slow you to the 50 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: safe speed, but rather to help guide your descent because 51 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,119 Speaker 1: well we'll get into why that's important. But he had 52 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: that deployed in his jump. However, Uh, if you're really 53 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: going to be a stickler, then uh two years later. 54 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: That was in nineteen sixty two years later. So nineteen 55 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: sixty two, Eugene Andreev jumped from an altitude of around 56 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: eighty three thousand, five hundred twenty three feet, which is 57 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: around twenty five thousand, four hundred fifty seven meters uh 58 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: over Russia, and um he fell for eighty thousand, three 59 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: hundred eighty feet or four thousand, five hundred meters before 60 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: deploying his shoot without using a drugue shoot. So, depending 61 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: on the way you look, get his is the longest 62 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: free fault because there was no drug shoot deployed anyway, 63 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: uh baumb Gardner's fault did not last that long before 64 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: deploying his shoot. It was four minutes twenty two seconds 65 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:17,239 Speaker 1: if I recall correctly, So he did not break that record. However, 66 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: other records he definitely did break. And it was a 67 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: remarkable achievement on multiple fronts. I mean, just human endurance 68 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: to be able to handle that kind of uh battering 69 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: about you get in a jump of that size, as 70 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 1: well as the technical uh achievements that we made in 71 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: order to make this possible. So we wanted to talk 72 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: a little bit about why this is such a challenging 73 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: thing to take on and the kind of stuff he 74 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: used to achieve it. And and of course this was 75 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: a huge effort. I mean, this is not one guy 76 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: going up in a plane and jumping out and deploy shoot. 77 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: I mean he there was There was a huge team 78 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,599 Speaker 1: in place to bring this about. And of course, as 79 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: Jonathan has already mentioned, this is not an effort that 80 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: was backed by a government. This was completely private, um, 81 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: which you know, in some respects makes things easier. Um. 82 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: And yes, they didn't use any kind of spacecraft. They 83 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: did have a pressurized capsule that was lifted into place 84 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: by a very very tall balloon. Yeah. Actually the balloon 85 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: got less tall as it got as it gut further 86 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: up in the atmosphere because of the changes in pressure. 87 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: In fact, that's probably the first thing we should talk about, 88 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: is the air pressure and why uh, you know, why 89 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: there were so many things need to be in place 90 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: in order for him to have a successful jump. Um 91 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: air pressure changes at elevations, right, so uh, you know 92 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: it makes sense. You you figured when you think about 93 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: the Earth and you think about the atmosphere around the Earth, Well, 94 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: if you're on the surface of the Earth, you've got 95 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: more atmosphere above you pressing down on you than you 96 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: would if you were quite a bit of the ways up. 97 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 1: And so at sea level you have one atmosphere of pressure. Now, 98 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: if you're wondering, well, what does that mean in terms 99 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: of other units, that's that's just under fifteen pounds per 100 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: square inch or and you're welcome Europe that I did 101 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: this one point oh three kilograms per square centimeter. But 102 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: one atmosphere is a much easier way of saying that. 103 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: So that's at sea level, and that's the average. Okay, 104 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: So even even at sea level, that number of changes somewhat, 105 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: but the average is that number now at thirty five 106 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: thousand feet, which is, you know, around where a lot 107 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: of commercial air flights might be somewhere around in that area, 108 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: which is ten See I did this all the way around. 109 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: It's about three and a half pounds per square inch, 110 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,119 Speaker 1: so remember it at C level fifteen pounds feet around 111 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: three and a half pounds. That, by the way, is 112 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 1: a point to five ms per square centimeter uh and 113 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: UH or point to four atmospheres. At around sixty two 114 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: thousand ft or nineteen thousand meters, the pressure has reached 115 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: a point where it's it's so um so much less 116 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: than what we experience that we can have some pretty 117 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: serious health risks. Um. You know, we're we've evolved on 118 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: this planet to to be able to survive in the 119 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: conditions of our environment. So you know, we're used to 120 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: having this certain amount of air pressure. Beyond that we 121 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: don't do so well. And if the pressure is too light, 122 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: then our our blood can actually start to have gas 123 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: form within it and then it'll will expand, which is 124 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: called ebulism. And it is not a good thing to 125 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: have happened to you. So that's why pressure is a 126 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: big deal. And of course we haven't even reached the 127 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: the height of the where the jump was because the 128 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: goal for this jump was to jump out at around 129 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: a hundred and twenty thousand feet uh. In actuality, he 130 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: got all the way up to around a d one 131 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: hundred feet, which is thirty nine thousand, forty five, which 132 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 1: is just over twenty four miles up or thirty nine 133 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: kilometers for those of you who wanted to, you know, 134 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: not divide that number of meters there. Um, it took 135 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: about two hours from to get there. But at that 136 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: at that elevation, air pressure is less than one pound 137 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: per square inch or less than point oh seven kilograms 138 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: per square centimeter or or point zero seven atmospheres, so 139 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: you're talking about very little air pressure at all. And 140 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: because of that, both the capsule he was in and 141 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: of course the suit he was wearing needed to be 142 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 1: pressurized so that he would not have any major health 143 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: risks when he when he jumped out or just from 144 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: the ascent. So the capsule was was pressurized first, and 145 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: it was done that way so that he would not 146 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: have to pressurize his suit from the from the ground 147 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 1: as they started to ascend um. By having it in 148 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: the capsule, it took some of that that that power, 149 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: that energy that was needed off the the actual suit, 150 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: which is good. You want to preserve that as much 151 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: as you can. Once they reached the float height, which 152 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: is where the balloon was not going to rise any 153 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: higher and not as high as it was going to go. Uh, 154 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: then that was when it was time to open up 155 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: the door and start off the jump. Well, that that's 156 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 1: where they had to depressurize the cabin and pressurize the suit. 157 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: Actually pressurize the suit first, obviously very important step, but 158 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: then depressurized the cabin so that they could open up 159 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: the door, because you can't open that door otherwise there's 160 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: too much pressure on the inside. It's just like if 161 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: you're in an airplane and you have the emergency exit, 162 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: the emergency exit, if you are at altitude, it's going 163 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: to have so much tremendous amount of pressure on the 164 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: inside because the airplane itself is pressurized while the outside 165 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: is not. You can't open that door. You're just not 166 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: physically strong enough. Same thing here. UM. Once it was 167 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: de pressurized, he could open up the door. His his 168 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: suit had been pressurized. UM, and that was what gave 169 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: him that safety of at least from the environment. I mean, 170 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: there's so many other things you have to worry about, 171 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: but as far as air pressure goes, that was how 172 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: they took care of that. And of course all the 173 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: different parts of his suit were sealed so that there 174 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: wouldn't be any leaks like the The gloves had uh 175 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 1: these these rotating locks on them so that you could 176 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: not have them airtight with the suit, as as well 177 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: as the helmet. UM. This was really important because I 178 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: Kittinger had a jump where he had a hole in 179 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: one of his gloves and um, apparently the the glove 180 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: ended up for the pressure, it ended up sticking to 181 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: his hand enough so that it wasn't a huge problem. 182 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: H And he did not report this to ground control 183 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: because of fear that they would cancel the jump. And 184 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: but by the time he landed there was a problem. 185 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: His hand started to swell and apparently swelled to about 186 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 1: twice the size of normal UH due to the UH 187 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: the changes in pressure and and and and so that's 188 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: something you don't want to have happen if you can 189 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: avoid it. That's true, that's true. Yeah. The the suit 190 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: was actually made by a company from Massachusetts. David Clark. Um, 191 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: they made suits for the Geminy missions as well as 192 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: Space Shuttle missions, Gemini missions. If that sounds like an 193 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: internal joke, it it sort of is. You gotta listen 194 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: to you. Previous Space podcast. We did a series on 195 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 1: the Gemini missions a few years ago. One of the 196 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: uh astronauts from that time kept pronouncing it Geminy, and 197 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan's blood pressure just kept rising every time he said it. 198 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: Jimminy Cricket. Yeah, so yeah, it was the same company 199 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: that did that. They've they've made all kinds of suits 200 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 1: for aeronautics and space for decades now. So um, you 201 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: know they're they're well known, well respected firm to to 202 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: have done that. And obviously since the jump was successful 203 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: and no spoilers intended, but you know, well it's nice 204 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,960 Speaker 1: to know. It's must say. You can't really spoil something 205 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 1: that already happened. Um, well know, if somebody's just now 206 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: hearing about this, yeah, well then you have been hiding 207 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: in a hole. You can you can watch actually watch 208 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: this live when it happened, and from about an hour 209 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: into it. I turned it on after he'd been on 210 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: for an hour because the ascent took just over two 211 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: hours to get to the right altitude. So UM, Jonathan 212 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: told me about how he felt when bum Gardner opened 213 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: the capsule door and started to step out, and they 214 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: call him fearless Felix, that's the nickname he is. Sheer 215 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 1: terror was what was going through me seeing his Yeah, 216 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: well we'll get into it. But but to go back 217 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: to the suit, it also could withstand temperatures as low 218 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: as minus ninety degrees fahrenheit or minus sixty eight celsius 219 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: or over one degrees fahrenheit or thirty seven point eight 220 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: degrees celsius. So also very important because of course at 221 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: that elevation you were also talking about very very cold temperatures. 222 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: Um and in fact, there were parts of his fall 223 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: that were colder than others. It was interesting because it 224 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: it actually warmed up a little bit from um, I 225 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: forget fresh No no, no, no, no, not friction. I'm 226 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: just talking about the ambient temperature actually warmed up, like 227 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: there was a point in the atmosphere. Yeah. No, I 228 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: was watching and they talked about it too. They said, well, 229 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: you know, closer to the sun. I'm like, really, you're 230 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: not that much closer The Sun's ninety three million miles away. 231 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: I think a few feet isn't a huge difference, but 232 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: but it was interesting. You could watch and the temperature 233 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: gauge was going up. It went really low and then 234 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: started creeping up again, just slightly, not like it wasn't 235 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: like skyrocketing, but at the height where he was jumping at, 236 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: the temperature was around minus ten fahrenheit, which is minus 237 00:14:56,760 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: twenty three celsius. So I blame house. Yeah, methane production. 238 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: Is that what you're talking about? Okay, I was trying 239 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: to see where you're going there. Note not based on 240 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: scientific fact, mostly because I just wanted to say cows. 241 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: So yeah, So the suit had to be able to 242 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: withstand these cold temperatures as well. And uh, his suit 243 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: also had very It looked a lot like the space 244 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: suits you would see, uh you know in any NASA 245 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: presentation or if you watch any of those launches. It 246 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: looks a lot like those. Actually, it also looked a 247 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: little bit um just from appearance's sake, uh, sort of 248 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: like the stuff that race car drivers wear, probably mostly 249 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: because the you know the names and the de cows 250 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: and things, right. Yeah, So it also had it also 251 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: had a sun visor that that Felix could put down 252 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: or up if he needed to. Uh, and the the 253 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: visor itself was heated in order to have it u 254 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: avoid icing issues. You know, obviously if you're if you're 255 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: going through super cold temperatures and you've you know, we 256 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: give off a lot of water vapor, as it turns out, 257 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: and could there could be a lot of icing problems, 258 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: both on the inside and outside of a suit. And uh. 259 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: In fact, that was one of the issues that almost 260 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: seemed to be a big problem during the the ascent, 261 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: because it looked like, according to Felix, that the face 262 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: plate was not heating properly. And uh, you know they 263 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: I think the first time I heard about that was 264 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: when he was around eighty thousand feet or so and 265 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: still rising, obviously still climbing. And and then you hear 266 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: the people on who are speaking during the whole ascent, 267 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: you know, the people who are relaying information to the audience, saying, everyone, 268 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: here's trying to find out what options we have, And 269 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: I'm like, wow, what options do you have? And the 270 00:16:55,200 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: the option, the biggest, like last ditch option thing, you know, 271 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: in order to get him back to Earth safely. You 272 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: you you ditch the jump. But the capsule itself was 273 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,959 Speaker 1: connected to the balloon and hat and could disconnect and 274 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: had its own parachute. So the worst case scenario, uh, 275 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: action would be to cut the tie to the balloon, 276 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: to deploy the parachute on the capsule and have the 277 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: capsule come down to Earth. Now that was not ideal, 278 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: uh most well, first of all, you're aborting the jump, 279 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: so that's not ideal. But also it would have been 280 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: a bit of a rough landing. Now, the capsule itself 281 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: had a crash sections built into it, crash pads to 282 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,239 Speaker 1: absorb some of that impact if it were to um 283 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: to have to land now. And and of course they 284 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 1: did detach the capsule at the end of the jump anyway, 285 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: because they wanted to retreat the capsule. But um uh, 286 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: you know, it's deaf. Would not have been a soft landing. 287 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: It would have been a little rough. And it's interesting 288 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: because the inside the capsule again looked very much like 289 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: the Gemini capsules. Um it was. It was a tiny 290 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: little thing. Really. The capsule was six ft tall or 291 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: one pot eight meters and it weighed pounds or one 292 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: thousands And yeah, I mean you take a look at 293 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: this and you're like, wow, this looks like it would fit, 294 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: you know, in a in a special casing on the 295 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: top of a rocket. It really did look like some 296 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: of those early NASA spacecraft. True enough, So should we 297 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: talk about the about the jump? Sure? Um, I mean 298 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: there's other there are other things actually before I want 299 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: to talk about the balloon. I want to talk about 300 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 1: the balloon because the balloon is crazy, so it has 301 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: its own story, actually five or so of them. Well, 302 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: the the weird thing I thought, the strangest thing to 303 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 1: me about the balloon was how incredibly thin that material was. 304 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: So uh it's it was made out of polyethylene plastic 305 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: film and it was point zero zero zero eight inches thick. 306 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: That's pretty thin. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty thin. Or point 307 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: zero zero zero two point zero zero zero two centimeters thick. 308 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: There we go, We're gonna get that number right, um, 309 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: but yeah, super super thin. They called it a forty 310 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: acre dry cleaner bag because it was essentially made of 311 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: very similar stuff. Now, if you're thinking like, how could 312 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: that possibly bear the weight of this capsule, which you 313 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: know weighs quite a bit, uh, the real the way 314 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 1: they did it was they used this load tape that 315 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: was connected to the balloon, and the load tape was 316 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: actually what bore the load of the capsule. The tape 317 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: also had in it a special reflective material so that 318 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: the balloon would show up on radar, very important for 319 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: any aircraft in the area, although of course the mission 320 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,120 Speaker 1: was working along with air traffic controllers to make sure 321 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: there wouldn't be any problems on that because you know, 322 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: you can't really direct where a balloon is going to go. 323 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: You are you are at the mercy of the winds. 324 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: Although this was over the desert in the southwestern United States, 325 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: it was populated areas right near Roswell, New Mexico, so 326 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: it's really just the military and aliens that were there. 327 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: By the way, I'm totally joking. The whole Roswell alien 328 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: thing is absolutely ludicrous. But anyway, um so, yeah, and 329 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: that balloon was created by a t a aerospace and uh, 330 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: here's some here's some stats on the balloons, some some 331 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 1: for people who are curious about how big this was. 332 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: So uninflated it was one ft long or one point 333 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,959 Speaker 1: six meters now at the height once it was inflated, 334 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: and which takes about an hour. Takes an hour to 335 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: inflate this balloon with helium. They used helium because it's 336 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: a nonflammable very important. If you've been wondering why there's 337 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: a helium shortage, Yeah yeah, talk about that's a big 338 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: balloon fill up with helium. Yeah yeah. The yell HC 339 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: might have a few things to say to Felix. Explain 340 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: to your kid why she can't get a door a balloon, 341 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: now you know? So, yeah, just getting the door balloon 342 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: filled with hydrogen. I can't imagine how anything bad happening 343 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: from that. Take it to a birthday party. Don't do that. 344 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: Hydrogen is highly flammable. That's why they went with helium 345 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: the candles. So the height of balloon once it was 346 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: fully inflated at takeoff was about five or one hundred 347 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: sixty seven point six meters, and once it reached its altitude, 348 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 1: the height was more like three hundred thirty four point 349 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: eight two ft or a hundred two point one because, again, 350 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: as it got higher up in the atmosphere, the atmospheric 351 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: pressure decreased, the balloon started to um. The height began 352 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: to decrease, but it's it's diameter increased. They began to 353 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: round out quite a bit because when you first looked 354 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: at it looked like a tear drop. It was kind 355 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: of tall and skinny, really compared compared to what we 356 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 1: think of when we do think of birthday party balloons, 357 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: you know, I mean those are tear drop shaped too, 358 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: but not this is a lot longer than that, right, 359 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: So once it got up to the mushroom here, yeah, yeah, 360 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: it definitely rounded out as it got higher up and uninflated. 361 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: It weighed a smelt three thousand seven eight pounds or 362 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: one thousands you just wanted to say smelled, I did. 363 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: And yeah, and it also had a vent so that 364 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: it could vent off helium. Now this is also really important. 365 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: You know what bugs me? It didn't It didn't vent anger, 366 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: it vented helium. Yeah. No. The the reason for the 367 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: vent is very important because the helium was expanding as 368 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: the balloon was climbing, right, So at there does come 369 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: a point where there's a possibility that that expansion could 370 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: damage the balloon itself and tear the balloon. So the 371 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: balloon needed to have a way of venting out excess 372 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: helium in order to avoid that. And in fact, they 373 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: did vent helium at least once or twice, especially once 374 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: they passed that hundred twenty thousand feet mark, because again 375 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: was their goal, and they went right by it and 376 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: kept on going. Um, so, you know, there was a 377 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: point where there was some concern about making sure that 378 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: the the balloon and capsule maintained integrity because it was 379 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: starting to go beyond what they had planned. So as 380 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 1: as long as they didn't run into any wire coat hangers, 381 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: because that's was to be the downfall of most dry 382 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: cleaner bags. Right, Yeah, that's exactly the problem. Jonathan from 383 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen here to interrupt this classic episode before 384 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: we take any more leaps, we're gonna take a quick 385 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 1: jump over to a break to thank our sponsor. They 386 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: had nine high definition cameras that were mounted on both 387 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: the suit and on an inside the capsule. So they 388 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: had cameras mounted on on these arms pointed back at 389 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: the capsule, so you could get these great views of 390 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,679 Speaker 1: the capsule as it was going up, also as the 391 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: door opened, which that's the part where I was terrified, 392 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: and I'll talk about that in a second. But there 393 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: are also cameras on the suits they could capture footage 394 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: during the actual jump and plus beyond that they had 395 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: a helicopter that was using a camera mounted on a 396 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: stable as Asian gyroscope to track Felix's movements, and they 397 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:09,880 Speaker 1: had ground cameras on these huge trucks with these uh, 398 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: these enormous basis that were motorized, so they could track 399 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: the progress of the balloon. And it it's phenomenal to 400 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 1: me because you think, that's a balloon that is more 401 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: or less twenty four miles up in the air. So 402 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: to have a camera that can capture something that's that 403 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 1: far away is pretty amazing. You know. You think about 404 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: that for a second, you're like, well, yeah, I've got 405 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,959 Speaker 1: a digital zoom on my camera because at the one 406 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: point seven and well, this camera can capture something that's 407 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: twenty four miles away. Well, tracking the balloon was a 408 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: whole lot easier than tracking Felix after he stepped out 409 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: of the capsule. Right, he's much first of all, Uh, yeah, 410 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 1: he doesn't reflectively smaller, although not that much smaller. It's 411 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: the six ft tall capsule. He was moving a whole 412 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,640 Speaker 1: lot fast. Yes, yes, because he was he was going downwards. Um, 413 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: and yeah, that was that was definitely. I mean, the 414 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: the footage that they captured was pretty phenomenal, and especially 415 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: when you sit there and think about the challenges involved 416 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: and and beyond that, not just capturing the footage, but 417 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: transmitting the footage, getting that live feed from the capsule, 418 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 1: You're thinking, wow, that's they had to dedicate a lot 419 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 1: of bandwidth, you know, in order to get that information 420 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: from the capsule to the ground and streaming out live. 421 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: And in fact, they had three dedicated video down links 422 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: with built in redundancy to get that information down to 423 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: the ground, and then they had a fiber optic network 424 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: on the ground to process that information. And they had 425 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: live switching so they could switch you know, different cameras 426 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: at different times to give the best angle or the 427 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: best camera experience at any given moment, which was pretty 428 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: you know, this was it was clearly something that the 429 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: whole media side of it was. There was a lot 430 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: of thought put toward it, which is sure you know 431 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: that that's so getting to the actual jump, once they 432 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 1: got to the point where uh, they had reached the 433 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: right altitude, uh, they had to go through a a 434 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: very long checklist to make sure that everything was prepared 435 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: before the jump, and that involved pressurizing the suit, disconnecting 436 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 1: the suits from the suit from the capsule because things, 437 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 1: the capsule had its own oxygen supply, because again at 438 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 1: that elevation, uh, the atmosphere is so thin that we 439 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: would not be able to breathe up there. So the 440 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: capsule it's own oxygen supply, and then the suit did 441 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: as well. So he had to detach the suit from 442 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,479 Speaker 1: the capsule because clearly you can't jump if you're still 443 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: got all these hoses connected where you can, No, it 444 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: would not go well. So there was that there was 445 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: the whole deep pressurization, opening up the door, moving the 446 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 1: chair around quite a bit. The chair inside the capsule 447 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: could move forward and backward a little so that he 448 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:12,640 Speaker 1: could reach various controls um and it was the point 449 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,479 Speaker 1: where he had to move the chair back. He had 450 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: depressurized the capsule, pressurized the suit, the door had opened, 451 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: and then they used an exterior camera to capture the 452 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: moment where he moves. He's lifted his feet up so 453 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: they're above the threshold of the little capsule door, and 454 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 1: then he moves the chair forward, which means his feet 455 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: come out of the doorway and over nothing. And that's 456 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 1: where I freaked out. That point he was he had 457 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 1: to stand on a platform that was about the size 458 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: of an average skateboard. Yeah, and there he isn't a 459 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 1: space suit standing on a skateboard sized platform, holding onto 460 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: these rails that are on either side of the capsule door. 461 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 1: And uh, once he had to go ahead, he let 462 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: go and started falling. And I don't think I breathed 463 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: until until he stopped spinning. So here's one of the 464 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: issues about jumping at that height. So again, atmosphere is 465 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: really thin, right, you don't immediately start to slow down. 466 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: In fact, the atmosphere is so thin that you will 467 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,920 Speaker 1: go faster than you would if you jumped from uh, 468 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: you know, any other height. Like you know, you don't 469 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: have anything pushing against you, or not not as much 470 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: pushing against because there is atmosphere out there, it's just 471 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: not as much it's in the stratosphere at this point. Yeah. Um. 472 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: And in case you're wondering, I happened to catch a 473 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,959 Speaker 1: news report in which they had asked him, and Felix 474 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: said that he didn't look down, he was looking straight out, 475 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: which at that at that altitude, I'm not sure how 476 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: you could avoid it because the earth is you could 477 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: see the curvature of the Earth, and you're going, Okay, 478 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: that's that's something else that's kind of interesting is that curvature. 479 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: You can see it at that altitude. But uh, the 480 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: if you look at the footage from the jump, the 481 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 1: curvature is incredibly evident. Like you, it's just it's it's 482 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: it's obvious. The reason it's obvious is because the camera lens, 483 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: it's a wide angle camera lens, so it artificially has 484 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 1: bent the edges so it looks like the the curvature 485 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: is much more It looks how much further up than 486 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: he really was. Um. But in reality that you could 487 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: you from what I've been told, you can see the 488 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: curvature at that altitude. It's just not as dramatic as 489 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: what it appeared as on the live stream. So I 490 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: just wanted to point that out. But but at that altitude, 491 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: he he um. He moved very quickly into a very 492 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: fast speed thirty two ft per second per second or 493 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: nine point seven five four per second square that's the 494 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,719 Speaker 1: acceleration of gravity. People, if you if you are, if 495 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: you are at all interested in physics, you will memorize 496 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: that and use it all the line. So he rapidly 497 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: increased to that speed. His his his top speed uh 498 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: is estimated because we at the time of the recording 499 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: of this podcast, we do not have the final information. 500 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: But his top speed was estimated at eight hundred thirty 501 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,959 Speaker 1: three point nine miles per hour or one thousand, three 502 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: hundred forty two point eight kilometers per hour mock one 503 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: point to four. Yes, so mock being the speed of sound. 504 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: He had broken the sound barrier, the first human to 505 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 1: do so un unaided by any sort of vehicle. Yes, 506 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: And that's another interesting point than the interview with the 507 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: scientist that I had watched said that the speed of 508 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: sound is a little different at that altitude. To write sound, 509 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: sound travels, you know, the speed of sound is dependent 510 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 1: upon the medium through which it's traveling. Sound will travel 511 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: at a different rate of speed depending on if you 512 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: are in you know, it will travel at different race 513 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: speed from sea level two feet. Uh. It travels at 514 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: a different rate if it's through water or through a solid. 515 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: So um, yeah, it's one of the In fact, we 516 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: should might as well. This is a little bit of 517 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: a tangent, but lights the same way light travels at 518 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: you've heard of the speed of light being a constant 519 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: that's true, but that's talking about the speed of light 520 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: in a vacuum. The speed of light will change depending 521 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: on what it's traveling through. Now most of the time, 522 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: for us as human beings, that changes uh imperceptible to 523 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: us without incredibly sensitive measuring equipment. So to us, it's 524 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: you know, going at at the speed of light or 525 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: just a hair under the speed of light is effectively 526 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: the same thing for us. And I've tried to observe 527 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: that myself at my home, but I keep getting dust 528 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: in my eye every time I open that little bag 529 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: and it doesn't seem like there's any light in there 530 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: at all. But it may be the dust. I can't 531 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: tell right inside your vacuum now, so you should go 532 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,240 Speaker 1: with the dice and that's the bag, clear. Ye. Chris 533 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: and I are going to freak out a little bit 534 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: more about jumping out of a capsule and space, but 535 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: before we get to that, let's take another quick break. 536 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: It's funny because when you get the idea of somebody 537 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: jumping out of an airplane, you're doing a traditional skydive. 538 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: Most of us have a pretty good idea of what 539 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 1: that quote unquote looks like. You you you stand in 540 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,360 Speaker 1: the door. You jump out of the plane and you 541 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: instantly put out your arms and legs and you just 542 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 1: sort of glide until you feel like it's time to 543 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: open your shoot. Then you pull it and go. Well, 544 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 1: Felix wasn't as graceful, but it wasn't his fault. See 545 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: is it is? It turns out that whole atmosphere being 546 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 1: thinner thing kind of affects the way you fall at 547 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: that he couldn't use air resistance to help orient himself, 548 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: because that's one thing. Experienced sky divers can do all 549 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: sorts of really cool maneuvers while they're while they're diving, 550 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 1: and it's all due to the whole air resistance and 551 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 1: being able to use their bodies to angle in certain ways. 552 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: Either they can do a you know they can They 553 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,479 Speaker 1: can try to resist or change their wind resistance, like 554 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: like reduce it to a point where they're falling very 555 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: very very fast, or they can try to increase their 556 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:19,320 Speaker 1: wind resistance by increasing the surface area as much as possible. 557 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: They could do somersaults and other kinds of tricks, but 558 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: at that altitude there wasn't enough air, not enough atmosphere 559 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:30,359 Speaker 1: to be able to do that. So there wasn't. There 560 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:34,359 Speaker 1: wasn't that level of control, and so Felix did start spinning. Uh. 561 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,760 Speaker 1: And if you watch the video, that also was terrifying 562 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 1: because you could see him spinning around and around. You're like, okay, 563 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: I sure hope he's able to maintain consciousness not black 564 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:47,359 Speaker 1: out because uh, Kittinger said, you know, he blacked out 565 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: during his fall because of a similar issue, and that's 566 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: why the drug shoot was so important, was too. It 567 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: was actually I think it was not the hundred and 568 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,399 Speaker 1: two thousand foot jump, but the previous one that can 569 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: Kilden did where he blacked out, And so that's why 570 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: the drove shoot was so important for him. Um in 571 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:10,720 Speaker 1: his in his highest jump, well, yeah, you could see 572 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: that spinning happening. But then once once he did start 573 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,760 Speaker 1: hitting the the next levels where the atmosphere is starting 574 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: to to increase in density, he was able to orient 575 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:27,719 Speaker 1: himself into a traditional skydive position, the delta position. Yeah. 576 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 1: And and is that what's called That's interesting. I've never 577 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: gone skydiving, so I know very little about it. Although 578 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: an internet this is just between me and you. Do 579 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 1: not tell my wife because she would flip out. But 580 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 1: I am planning on doing a skydiving jump possibly during 581 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: c E S I am really yeah, me and uh 582 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: I as actar of this Weekend Tech, are thinking about 583 00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 1: doing some skydiving during CS team. Uh, I don't want 584 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: to put into the into the show to the Las 585 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: Vegas Convention Center, doubtful. Um, it'll be much further out 586 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: into the desert. But don't tell my wife because she 587 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 1: would flip out. Okay, pinky swear, Yeah, okay. So anyway, Yeah, 588 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: he assumed that position and then that was the point 589 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: where I I said, oh good, Well, then he's clearly 590 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: he's clearly conscious and he's aware of what's going on 591 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: and he's able to respond. Um, he deployed his shoot 592 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 1: at the appropriate time and uh that was a big 593 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: that that got a big cheer from ground control. And 594 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,439 Speaker 1: did you see did you watch any of the video 595 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: of his landing. It was a perfect landing. Absolutely, he 596 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: it was like it was like he just stepped off 597 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,359 Speaker 1: a step. Like it wasn't like he just came from 598 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,840 Speaker 1: one thousand feet. It was like he had just walked 599 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 1: down a set of stairs. Yeah, I would have looked 600 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: like a sack of potatoes from I would have been 601 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,919 Speaker 1: has been dragged at least another few hundred meters, Like 602 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:09,640 Speaker 1: he's an accomplished jumper. He's an accomplished base jumper, um, 603 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,920 Speaker 1: which is you know, jumping off of ironically enough, it's 604 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: you know, lower altitudes, bridges and all sorts of other 605 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 1: different physical features just you know. So he's he's this 606 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: is well, you wouldn't try this at home anyway, but 607 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,479 Speaker 1: I mean, this is not something from that that an 608 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: inexperienced person did. He's uh, clearly a well accomplished jumper. 609 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 1: And and he yeah, it was an absolutely perfect landing. 610 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,960 Speaker 1: And then he got as soon as he came to 611 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: a stop, he went down on his knees and put 612 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 1: his hands up in the air like that was pretty awesome. Yeah, yeah, 613 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: yeah it was. I made the comment of if I 614 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,600 Speaker 1: had done that, I would have made the decision. I 615 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,200 Speaker 1: am never leaving the ground again from now on. People 616 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 1: bring stuff to me. I I did my part, Like 617 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,839 Speaker 1: I'm not going back over the ocean. You bring that 618 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 1: continent right there. I want to go to London, bring 619 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: London here. It was an absolutely amazing, amazing feat and 620 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,759 Speaker 1: it does have its uh, it does have a lot 621 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 1: of importance. You might not necessarily believe that you might 622 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,879 Speaker 1: think of it as simply some sort of stunt. Yeah, 623 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 1: but going beyond that, I mean, there are first of all, 624 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: this this kind of is a proof of concept of 625 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: something that NASA was talking about in the sixties when 626 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: they were thinking about if there were a problem with 627 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 1: a spacecraft, would it be possible for astronauts to space 628 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,239 Speaker 1: dive back to Earth? Would it would there be any 629 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,319 Speaker 1: way they could do that? Um? Or is that just 630 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,319 Speaker 1: a you know, outside the realm of our our abilities? 631 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 1: And they theorized that it would be possible, but they 632 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,840 Speaker 1: were they were never able to test it. Kittinger's jumps 633 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 1: were kind of related to that, and a lot of 634 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,759 Speaker 1: the data that they collected during this jump there was 635 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: stuff that they could put toward developing more safety features 636 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: for astronauts as well as space tourists, because whoever thought 637 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:12,240 Speaker 1: that would become a thing. But well, um and there 638 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,400 Speaker 1: I saw some some people talking about the space Shuttle program, 639 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,839 Speaker 1: and of course the the the two famous disasters. UM. 640 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 1: One of the people that has been working on this 641 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 1: is um the husband of one of the people who 642 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 1: perished in the Columbia accident. Um. They were too high 643 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,600 Speaker 1: to have done something like this, they were moving they 644 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:37,480 Speaker 1: were too far out from the planet when the the 645 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,360 Speaker 1: accident happened, and and they were moving way too fast, 646 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 1: something like Mark seventeen. I think I remember, um reading 647 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 1: it was a Dr Jonathan Clark, who was a former 648 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: NASA flight surgeon. His wife, Laurel Um died in that accident. 649 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: So uh, you know, he was he was involved in 650 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: the process of of going through the safety procedures here. Um. 651 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,760 Speaker 1: He's dedicated his life to working on safe, better safety 652 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 1: in space. And um uh you know, as far as 653 00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:09,800 Speaker 1: the Challenger incident, well, it's it's sort of unclear, um 654 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,799 Speaker 1: whether they would have been able to get out or not. Um. 655 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,080 Speaker 1: Of course, some of the the procedures they developed for 656 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,080 Speaker 1: the Space Shuttle were after that as a result of 657 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 1: that accident. So um. But you know, in the future 658 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 1: or depending on on the different kinds of missions that 659 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: are undertaken, you know, either by NASSA or another government 660 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 1: space agency or by private enterprise. You know, I think 661 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: that this information could prove useful, um, you know, in 662 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,919 Speaker 1: an emergency, or you know, perhaps it is a form 663 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,879 Speaker 1: of space tourism. I don't know, well, And and and 664 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:47,920 Speaker 1: just learning learning what the effects are these the things 665 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 1: that that that Felix experienced during this whole jump, I 666 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:56,279 Speaker 1: mean everything from most breaking the sound barrier that no 667 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 1: one was really sure what would happen to a person, 668 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,200 Speaker 1: and if to be fair, as of the recording of 669 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 1: this podcast, we cannot be certain that he did break 670 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:09,239 Speaker 1: that barrier because the final numbers haven't come in. He 671 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 1: had a did you see how he would know if 672 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 1: he broke the sound barrier his so so he has 673 00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: a chess plate or he had a chess plate on 674 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:22,239 Speaker 1: his on a suit that contained a lot of different sensors, telemetry, 675 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:27,279 Speaker 1: you know, information, GPS, all this kind of stuff. If 676 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 1: the sensors detected that the suit had exceeded the speed 677 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,720 Speaker 1: of sound, it would send a ringtone to his helmet. 678 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,680 Speaker 1: But he said he was concentrating so hard on what 679 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,320 Speaker 1: was going on that he totally did not He didn't 680 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:47,520 Speaker 1: notice anything. So it may have gone off or it 681 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,760 Speaker 1: may not have gone off, and he would he doesn't 682 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 1: know because he was you know, at that point, I'm 683 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 1: kind of just really paying a trinch to what's going on, 684 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 1: especially once you know he came out of that spin. 685 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:03,239 Speaker 1: So I'm flying here, Yeah, I got a lady I'm 686 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,960 Speaker 1: flying here. Yeah, but yeah, there are there are a 687 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,880 Speaker 1: lot of There are a lot of things that this 688 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,760 Speaker 1: could help with, including designing new types of space suits 689 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:17,920 Speaker 1: that are effective and are not as you know, we 690 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,279 Speaker 1: can always make advances in that that realm. We don't 691 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,040 Speaker 1: want it to be so clunky that you can't maneuver 692 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:27,160 Speaker 1: around within the confines of a space vehicle. But it 693 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:31,560 Speaker 1: still has to have the adequate levels of protection necessary 694 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,480 Speaker 1: to make to maintain the health and safety of our astronauts. 695 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:39,360 Speaker 1: So that's an important thing to to keep in mind too. Granted, 696 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,720 Speaker 1: I don't think I don't think most of our space 697 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:47,319 Speaker 1: suits will necessarily have a sponsor logos on them, but 698 00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:52,600 Speaker 1: they will. Um. I was disappointed that the the the 699 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:56,399 Speaker 1: space suit didn't have wings. Well, it was interesting too 700 00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:00,120 Speaker 1: to uh to compare and you know, I'm going in 701 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,520 Speaker 1: my head here looking at the the suits that they 702 00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:08,120 Speaker 1: wore in uh NASA launches from the nineteen sixties and seventies, 703 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:12,279 Speaker 1: more so much bulkier um than this. Well, I mean 704 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,960 Speaker 1: they were they were intended for different purposes, but I 705 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,560 Speaker 1: imagine the equipment in this newer suit was far more 706 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,719 Speaker 1: advanced than what kitten Ger wore. On his jumps and uh, 707 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,880 Speaker 1: you know that with the technology advances, Uh, you know, 708 00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:29,120 Speaker 1: it's funny in a way, they resemble more what Hollywood 709 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:34,839 Speaker 1: um suggests for you know, space fighter pilots than from 710 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,799 Speaker 1: what the astronauts, the the actual astronauts from from our 711 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:42,120 Speaker 1: own planet um or back in the days when that 712 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: was so common. I look forward to to the day 713 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:47,160 Speaker 1: when we have space suits for space jumps that are 714 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 1: like the ones in the documentary Star Trek, not the 715 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:55,320 Speaker 1: not the original motion picture Star Trek, but the the J. J. 716 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,560 Speaker 1: Abrams documentary Star Trek. Yeah, the J. J Abrams documentary 717 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:07,120 Speaker 1: Star Trek colon the lens flare caught me off. So, yeah, 718 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,000 Speaker 1: do you have anything else you want to talk about? This? 719 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,799 Speaker 1: This jump in particular, it was a really neat thing 720 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:17,160 Speaker 1: to watch live and and Twitter was going bonkers as 721 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,799 Speaker 1: this was happening. I saw so many people I know 722 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:23,680 Speaker 1: tweeting about this, and um uh it just seemed like 723 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:28,359 Speaker 1: there was an overall sense of excitement and and not 724 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,719 Speaker 1: I was not the only terrified person on Earth watching this. 725 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:37,359 Speaker 1: Um And you can watch the entire presentation as well. 726 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,040 Speaker 1: It's it's up online so you can go and watch, 727 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,000 Speaker 1: or you can watch segments of it if you don't have, 728 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 1: you know, two and a half hours to burn. But uh, 729 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:50,319 Speaker 1: it's it's definitely something something amazing. It's one of those 730 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:54,399 Speaker 1: moments in human achievement where you think, wow, it never 731 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,680 Speaker 1: would have occurred to me that this is something that 732 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,120 Speaker 1: anyone would want to do, and if they wanted to 733 00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,560 Speaker 1: do it, I can't eagine it being possible. And yet 734 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,320 Speaker 1: both of those things happened. Yep, it was. It was 735 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,239 Speaker 1: an amazing event. And uh, I'm glad it ended so well. Yes, 736 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,280 Speaker 1: steps you're perfect, Yep, yep, it was so many different 737 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,560 Speaker 1: things could have gone wrong. I'm glad of a lot 738 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,080 Speaker 1: of really smart people worked on this to make sure 739 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: it went off without without any major glitches. So my 740 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,759 Speaker 1: hat is off to you, and there we have our 741 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:27,359 Speaker 1: classic tech stuff episode. Hope you guys enjoyed it. It 742 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,360 Speaker 1: was interesting to go back and look at this moment 743 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,600 Speaker 1: in history, which I think a lot of people kind 744 00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,640 Speaker 1: of forget about now. Things changed so fast. We have 745 00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,320 Speaker 1: so many things dominating the news cycle that sometimes it 746 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:43,120 Speaker 1: can be hard to remember these sort of pivotal, exciting 747 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,440 Speaker 1: moments where the world was watching as someone did something 748 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,239 Speaker 1: truly extraordinary, so it's fun to go back and look 749 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,640 Speaker 1: at this. 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