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What a fascinating achievement. My full respect to them for managing to make all that work.
Very interesting to see the relatively thin dimensions of our atmosphere compared with the Earth's curvature. The Troposphere which we depend on to keep us alive averages only about 7 miles in height.
The fast descent initially at maximum height with the parachute deployed is because there is not a lot of air density to slow it down in the higher reaches of the Stratosphere.
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Very interesting to see the relatively thin dimensions of our atmosphere compared with the Earth's curvature. The Troposphere which we depend on to keep us alive averages only about 7 miles in height.
The fast descent initially at maximum height with the parachute deployed is because there is not a lot of air density to slow it down in the higher reaches of the Stratosphere.
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