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At the start of the jump you're already going about 27000 km/h (ISS orbital velocity). The falling part of the problem isn't the hard part.
by rrmm 14y ago
At the start of the jump you're already going about 27000 km/h (ISS orbital velocity). The falling part of the problem isn't the hard part.
- vannevar 14y agoI'm assuming the orbital velocity has already been scrubbed off, and we're talking about a simple fall, which is more in the spirit (if not the letter) of the original question. Could you prevent the velocity from building up with a large drag device such as a balloon in that case?
- rrmm 14y agoTo me, the question implied that the design of the suit would have to overcome that problem; but I can see it either way. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reentry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reentry , there is a section on an inflatable heat shield launched on a sounding rocket (so sub-orbital, but lower altitude).