Best version of Space Oddity EVAR

by **A Person** » Mon May 13, 2013 5:08 pm

Chris Hadfield

by **Liv** » Mon May 13, 2013 6:41 pm

I assume that touch down was somewhere in Russia.... must be jarring not to land in the ocean.

by **A Person** » Tue May 14, 2013 12:57 am

It touches down at less than 1.5 m/s (3.4 mph) so it's no big deal. Apollo splashed down at 10 m/s (22 mph). By all accounts the Soyus is a softer landing.

Of course the early landings were pretty rough and being eaten by wolves was a possibility

by **Liv** » Tue May 14, 2013 12:14 pm

I suppose the whole fear of chute-deployment-failure becomes an interesting mind-game. Crushed in a tin can, vs crumpled in a tin can and drowned.

Wolves and bears vs sharks and whales?

Hmmm....

SIGN ME UP!

by **A Person** » Wed May 15, 2013 11:23 pm

If the chute fails it doesn't much matter if you land in the water or on land, either impact will be disastrous. Anything over 100 fps and hitting water will be like hitting concrete. A vehicle can drive over water if it keeps above 50 mph

The real difference between the approaches is simple geography. The US has a lot of sea to the east, Russia has a whole lot of land.

by **Liv** » Thu May 16, 2013 12:09 am

So that's how Jesus did it?

by **SouthernFriedInfidel** » Thu May 16, 2013 8:23 am

A Person wrote:The real difference between the approaches is simple geography. The US has a lot of sea to the east, Russia has a whole lot of land.

And Russia never had THAT much of a Navy.

by **Liv** » Thu May 16, 2013 1:06 pm

Well if they'd stop draining them. (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea)

by **A Person** » Thu May 16, 2013 1:36 pm

Liv wrote:So that's how Jesus did it?

THIS is how Jesus did it ...

by **A Person** » Thu May 16, 2013 1:41 pm

Liv wrote:Well if they'd stop draining them. (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea)

Just to be pedantic they didn't drain the Aral Sea, they stopped it filling!

by **Liv** » Thu May 16, 2013 2:25 pm

I'm still trying to figure out how Dynamo did his trick.

Most suggest he did it like Cris Angel did it, with a platform....

But, how did they manage that with what I would think would be an unlevel river floor.

Ahhhh!!!!

by **A Person** » Fri May 17, 2013 12:21 am

adjustable legs presumably

by **SouthernFriedInfidel** » Fri May 17, 2013 9:59 pm

Never heard of that song before. Pretty cool, I reckon. I had hopes of doing that stuff when I was a kid... just never made the right choices -- though I guess having truly bad eyes would have made it impossible anyway.
:evil:

by **Liv** » Sat May 18, 2013 12:32 am

You've never heard of the Bowie song???

What?

by **SouthernFriedInfidel** » Sat May 18, 2013 1:56 pm

Liv wrote:You've never heard of the Bowie song???

What?

I've only heard the name. Never listened to the songs.

by **Liv** » Sat May 18, 2013 3:07 pm

Bowie is EPIC!!!!

This is just boggling my mind.

Oh now you've got to watch The Man Who Fell To Earth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth_(film)