 why so fast normal terminal velocity is much slower original message from fork admin URL mailto fork admin URL on behalf of bitbitch URL sent sunday september NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER am to robert harley cc fork URL 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 NUMBER metre tall helium balloon ride it up to the edge of space NUMBER km rh altitude and jump out his fall should last NUMBER NUMBER minutes and reach rh speeds of mach NUMBER NUMBER he hopes to open his parachute manually at the rh end although with an automatic backup if he is NUMBER seconds from the rh ground and still hasn t opened it rh r rh obquote rh vederò si averò 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 NUMBER january NUMBER best regards bitbitch mailto bitbitch URL 