Skok s 120 000 stopa, 30ak minuta, Live

Pomoću JLAIR (Joint Long-range Aerospace Imaging and Relay) sustava za optičko praćenje. Misija je koristila 2 JLAIR-a, jedan samovozni, a drugi na prikolici.

Sa Stratos sitea:

The JLAIR's primary imaging equipment includes:
    -  High-definition P2 camera (up to 60 frames per second)
    -  4K (4,000 x 2,000-pixel) camera (up to 120 frames per second in 2K mode)
    -  Shortwave infrared camera
    -  Digital still camera

The JLAIR Optical Tracking System offers capabilities not previously available to the private space industry or production companies:
    -  It carries a variety of high-power zoom lenses and large telescopes attached to an 8,000-pound motorized pedestal, previously used to track Space Shuttle launches.
    -  The control room allows technicians to select the best images available and transmit them in real time to Mission Control and/or broadcast viewers.
    -  JLAIR 1 is the first fully integrated tracking system on one vehicle chassis that includes an optics payload of over 1,000 pounds, an air-conditioned control room, an on-board generator for the tracker and sub-systems, and encoding and satellite transmission of HD video.
    -  JLAIR 2 shares the same features but employs a traditional trailer-mounted pedestal with separate control truck for mission flexibility.

 ..i potvrda u praksi teorije koja na papiru nije ista stvar. Do skoka su 'vrijedile' razne terorije, dali će probiti zvučni zid ili neće, dali će temperatura biti previsoka-preniska itd. Sad je to dokazano i teorije padaju ili se dokazuju.

Cisto izdrkavanje i marketing.

Znanstveno nista sto nije otkriveno u zadnjih 100 godina pomocu beskonacnog broja meteoroloskih balona, satelita i ostalih letjelica. A i onaj tip je skocio sa padobranom sa malo manje visine i prezivio tako da su vec tada znali vise manje sve ovo...

Da je ovo imalo nekog veceg smisla, financirala bi ga NASA ili ESA a ne Red Bull...

Spektakl jest. Nema potrebe stvari banalizirati kao komentatori na sptv-u.." i evo skočio je, točno kao što skaču skakači sa mostarskog mosta".

Nije - on je doveden da pomogne u otklanjanju problema nezadovoljavajućih optičkih performansi prvog sustava praćenja.

Iz povijesti White Sands Proving Groundsa (WSPG):

The first range optical tracking mount was referred to as Little Bright Eyes and later as “Telescope One” or T-1. It was a standard military issue M45 gun mount, sans the quad 50 caliber armament and outfitted with optical systems instead. Its mission was to scan and record the travel and propagation of the anticipated fallout cloud at Trinity Site during the test on July 16, 1945.
(...)
This development, for it really was a new concept, was brainstormed for months by a group of military and civilian collegians, engineers and several civilian astronomers. Dr. James Eden, the responsible team member, recruited his brother-in-law, Dr. Clyde Tombaugh to join him to review and resolve a multitude of difficulties with the optical performance of Little Bright Eyes. Clyde later became Chief of the Optics Branch at WSPG.

Problem je bio u tome što su optičke performanse bile nezadovoljavajuće zato što su komponente sustava bile skupljene odasvud, te su imali problema uskladiti ih da rade:

All components for Little Bright Eyes were reported to have been either “begged, borrowed, or stolen.” For the two optical units, a five inch refractor acquired from “who knows” by “who knows” and a six inch refractor was acquired from the Smithsonian Institute. The two 35mm cameras came from some now unknown post, camp or station supply and the five inch tracking binoculars were liberated from the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Tombaugh je pomogao oko poboljšavanja performansi teleskopa, te je podučio operatere astronomiji i tako olakšao praćenje raketa. Sam sustav su opsluživala minimalno tri čovjeka - upravljač sustavom, promatrač/usmjerivač koji je davao upute upravljaču kamo da usmjeri sustav praćenja (tj. optičke sustave koji se sastoje od teleskopa i kamera) i operater kamera čiji je zadatak bio pokretanje i zaustavljanje snimanja, mijenjanje kazeta s filmom, itd.

.

Svaka čast Fenixu, al iskreno, Joe Kittinger, koji se prije 53 godine bacio praktički iz gondole, je bog i batina za njega.
Ovo je sve bilo automatizirano, osigurano, istestirano.
I da, Joe koji se bacio sa niže visine, je padao duže.

Da li je probio zvučni zid na kraju, ili?
Ako nije, onda je skok bio beskoristan, što god vi rekli. 

Jeste probio je zvucni zid. Maksimalna brzina je preko 1300km/h ili 1,24 mah-a. tako su rekli na press konferenciji.

Ajde onda, barem nešto.
Iako sam očekivao ogromni bijeli oblak :D

Jedva čekam snimke sa njegovog odijela, to je jedino što je Kittingeru falilo. 

haha 

:)

bit će na www.redbullstratos.com

Nema ogromnog bijelog oblaka, pa nije ga probio tu dolje na par stotina metara, vec prakticki u samom vakumu.

ekstremno. Onaj dio taman prije skoka... pssss, srce mi stalo...

Hvala Red Bullu jos jednom sta financira ovakve ekstremne stvari...