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10-15-2012, 04:25 PM
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Having padded his suit with cotton balls just in case things didn't go well, Kittinger was fluffier and therefore less dense. Also, he had webbed fingers.
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10-15-2012, 04:30 PM
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possibly Baumgartner maintained a much higher average speed during that period than Kittinger. considering he was already freighting pretty well by the time he started to decellerate from atmospheric resistance (probably about the same alt that Kittinger began his freefall) , Kitt's overall avg speed undoubtedly started lower and never rose above X.
also from what Id read, Kitt blacked out during his decent, so was no doubt not exactly holding a good aerodynamic shape...probably more like a tumbling leaf, vs B finally getting control and maintaining a static shape
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11-18-2012, 10:01 PM
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The whole thing has been uploaded to YouTube
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11-19-2012, 08:21 PM
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He was going fast enough: he didn't need the extra propulsion.
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