so fast? Normal terminal velocity is much slower.> -----Original Message----- > From: fork-admin@xent.com [mailto:fork-admin@xent.com] On Behalf Of > bitbitch@magnesium.net > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 8:36 AM > To: (Robert Harley) > Cc: fork@spamassassin.taint.org > Subject: Re: The Big Jump > > > > So uh, would this qualify for the Darwin awards if he doesn't make it? > > Freaking french people... > :-) > -BB > RH> Today a French officer called Michel Fournier is supposed to get in a > RH> 350-metre tall helium balloon, ride it up to the edge of space (40 km > RH> altitude) and jump out. His fall should last 6.5 minutes and reach > RH> speeds of Mach 1.5. He hopes to open his parachute manually at the > RH> end, although with an automatic backup if he is 7 seconds from the > RH> ground and still hasn't opened it. > > RH> R > > RH> ObQuote: > RH> "VederÃ², si averÃ² si grossi li coglioni, come ha il re di Franza." > RH> ("Let's see if I've got as much balls as the King of France!") > RH> - Pope Julius II, 2 January 1511 > > > > -- > Best regards, > bitbitch mailto:bitbitch@magnesium.net