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Felix Baumgartner
• How did Felix prepare himself?• How was the suit engineered?• Mission will facilitate future space
travelers.
How did Felix prepare himself?
• Felix won the world championship for BASE jumping in 1997
How did Felix prepare himself?
• 1st practice jump - 71,581 feet• 2nd practice jump – 97,603 feet• Roswell, New Mexico was ideal
How did Felix prepare himself?
• High altitude training
• Physical Training
• Physiological training
• Technical Training
How was the suit
engineered?• Can withstand
major temperature changes
• Prevents “the bends”
How was the suit engineered?
• Provides oxygen
• Keeps body at core temperature
How was the suit engineered?
• Contains tiny command center
Mission will facilitate future space travelers
• Over 40 acres• 55 stories high
Mission will facilitate future space travelers• Pressure Sphere• Cage• Shell• Base• Crush Pads
• Increased safety for our future pilots and space travelers.
Mission will facilitate future space travelers
• October 14th, 2012 was the first time a person had fallen quicker than the speed of
sound and had free fallen from 128,100 feet.
Groundbreaking!
• Works Cited
• Leonard, T. (2012, October 15). Mail Online . Retrieved November 11, 2012, from Daily Mail : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218268/Felix-Baumgartner-Thought-plummeting-24-miles-834mph-crazy-Just-read-hes-to.html
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