At the start of the jump he started spinning out of control, but he regained it later. I always thought he just got the hang of it, but if he was claustrophobic, maybe he panicked a bit before composing himself.
he started spinning out of control
he regained it later.
At such high altitude, the atmosphere is so thin that controlling a spin is near impossible. Skydivers use the airflow over their body to turn / move / control their motion. If there's no atmosphere, and therefore no airflow / friction, there's no control. There weren't any thrust engines on his suit!
I always appreciate when a daredevil dies doing what he loves.
Seriously, these people don’t want to die in bed. They want to live, live, live and then blink out.
I’ve seen too many people withering away in hospital beds.
I guess people generally try to maximize reward per lifetime. Some people try to increase their lifetime, albeit with smaller reward per unit time (eating their spinach). A few rare people try to maximize reward per unit time, even at the cost of a longer life. Felix lived to 56, skydiving all the way. Although he died younger than the average Austrian, he probably experienced greater sum reward. I suppose the gamble is that with his lifestyle, he could have died in his teens - in which case the sum of his reward would be lower than an "eat your spinach" 80 year old.
I wonder if you could cross compare: perhaps the sum reward of Felix's 56 fun years is about the same as a Greenland shark's 400 boring years.
Readit News
https://felixbaumgartner.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Stratos
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/projects/red-bull-stratos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYw4meRWGd4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raiFrxbHxV0
https://archive.today/e0OGy
After CBT he was able to tolerate the suit and complete the jump.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/skydiver-felix-baumgartner-ove...
You maybe don't think it's a big thing but try sitting one minute without touching your face.
It was effortless.
Edit: wait, I've been in an MRI machine for over an hour where I can't move my arms from my side. How can you think one minute is anything?
I've also read that many astronauts put strips of adhesive Velcro in their helmet for this purpose: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/42012/nose-scratch...
I wonder if you could cross compare: perhaps the sum reward of Felix's 56 fun years is about the same as a Greenland shark's 400 boring years.
For some people this is inspiring.
not cool
edit: unexpected unconsciousness is not a medical event?
> then lost control of his paraglider, crashing into a hotel pool and lightly injuring a young female employee.
Still not great, but it seems like a rush of water knocking over someone, not quite striking which sounds like it would be life threatening.
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