Record Free Fall Fails


	Record Free Fall Fails

dgreplay

5-27-2008 3:31 PM

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space, science

dgreplay says:

Check out what occurred during the previous and still highest recorded free fall: the only person to ever break the sound barrier simply by being dropped from outer space!

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5-29-2008 6:17 PM

egoldstein

sick...how is that more well known!!??

5-29-2008 6:24 PM

dgreplay

Yes, it is hard to believe. Neal Armstrong flew a rocket to the moon, but this guy did a swan dive to earth from space - breaking the sound barrier by himself - and gets no play!

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