IT CAN GET AWFUL LONELY IN THE BLACK...

POSTED BY: out2theblack
UPDATED: Monday, July 20, 2009 22:55
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OUT2THEBLACK

Monday, June 29, 2009 9:36 PM

But that's only 'cause not many Folk are out doing the work...

Happily , the Browncoats are !

This photo was taken over this weekend just past , by the Independent Spaceborne sponsor , JP Aerospace .

This mission was designated Away 38 , and it marks the 100th such foray to 'the raggedy edge' for the group .

The flight launched from Black Rock dry lake in Nevada , and went to an altitude of 99,340 feet MSL .

Pyramid Lake , Nevada is at the lower right center of the photo .

SERGEANTX

Monday, June 29, 2009 9:51 PM

Awesome. Just awesome.

"Tell them I ain't comin' back."

SergeantX

"It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah"

GEEZER

Monday, June 29, 2009 10:41 PM

Capitalists in space. Cool.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

OUT2THEBLACK

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:46 PM

The vid from the mission is complete , was just posted to YouTube this past weekend :

There's a nifty roll and spin when the balloon-bursting command is uplinked , then lots of shredded latex...'Raggedy edge' , indeed !

Really pretty pictures on descent , too...

OUT2THEBLACK

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:57 PM

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Originally posted by Geezer:
Capitalists in space. Cool.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

Thanks for sayin'...

KWICKO

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:33 PM

Is 99,000 feet really "space"?

If so, is a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter now considered a "spaceship", since it's gone as high as 100,000 feet?

RUE

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:02 PM

"Capitalists in space. Cool."

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"Above all, quit trying to make everything about your political agenda."

KWICKO

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:14 PM

Might I ask how much money they made off this flight?

PIRATENEWS

Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:20 AM

How many UFO sightings?

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:

Capitalists in space. Cool.

But they didn't make any money? Volunteers only.

At least they didn't steal our money at gunpoint to do it. Then fake it.

What about FFF.net?

Quote:
Your ad at the edge of space

Creates impact!

Gives customers a lasting impression of your logo or message!

Provides a dramatic image for your company's press releases, corporate reports and web site!
Or use for yourself...great for greetings from the edge of space!

You mail or e-mail us your logo or message. We fly a high altitude balloon, carrying your ad, to the edge of space.

We take hundreds pictures of your logo and return the vehicle to Earth by parachute.
The images are given back to you on CD, along with some prints, for your use.

Ad prices start at $400.

www.jpaerospace.com/100spacead.html

Or just photochop it.

PIRATENEWS

Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

Is 99,000 feet really "space"?

If so, is a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter now considered a "spaceship", since it's gone as high as 100,000 feet?

"Edge of space." Space starts at 250,000 feet.

www.jpaerospace.com/video/ATO_Animation.wmv
www.jpaerospace.com/atohandout.pdf

How does a space balloon get into orbit at 18,000 mph? 140,000 feet altitude with passengers in Dark Sky Station airship with propellers 2-miles long.

1-mile long robot airship then uses ion drive to reach 18,000 mph. No re-entry burn or parachutes required.

Or solar power to fly across the Solar System.

Funded by the Pentagon to spy on sheeple for the NWO.

Clever, but creepy.

KWICKO

Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:46 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
Capitalists in space. Cool.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

Wasn't a certain somebody saying in another thread that not EVERYTHING is about your political agenda?

OUT2THEBLACK

Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by piratenews:
Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

Is 99,000 feet really "space"?

If so, is a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter now considered a "spaceship", since it's gone as high as 100,000 feet?

"Edge of space." Space starts at 250,000 feet.

There's actually not a long-standing agreement about where space begins , because the atmosphere is tenuous and continues to dissipate with altitude...

However , when one is in the neighborhood of 100,000 feet , and the air is only 1% the density of air at sea level , more than 99% of the atmosphere is BELOW you...

So , it's pretty cold outside , and pretty impossible to have any period of useful consciousness...and one's blood would boil due to gases coming out of solution...

So , for all practical intents , a 'space' environment , despite not being quite a 'hard vacuum' .

Close enough for gummint work...

OUT2THEBLACK

Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Is 99,000 feet really "space"?

If so, is a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter now considered a "spaceship", since it's gone as high as 100,000 feet?

No , of course not :

While the F-104 was known as the ' Missile with a Man in it ' , it wasn't really a spaceship...

The (N)F-104A would be more close to what you have in mind , 'cause it's a much more 'rockety' ride :

PIRATENEWS

Friday, July 17, 2009 12:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by out2theblack:
Quote:
Originally posted by piratenews:
Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

Is 99,000 feet really "space"?

If so, is a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter now considered a "spaceship", since it's gone as high as 100,000 feet?

"Edge of space." Space starts at 250,000 feet.

There's actually not a long-standing agreement about where space begins , because the atmosphere is tenuous and continues to dissipate with altitude...

However , when one is in the neighborhood of 100,000 feet , and the air is only 1% the density of air at sea level , more than 99% of the atmosphere is BELOW you...

So , it's pretty cold outside , and pretty impossible to have any period of useful consciousness...and one's blood would boil due to gases coming out of solution...

So , for all practical intents , a 'space' environment , despite not being quite a 'hard vacuum' .

Close enough for gummint work...

The German Luftwaffe used to buzz our USAF base in Germany using F104s during wargames.
Below 100 feet altitude just below the speed of sound. Scared the crap out of us. Awesome!
Brits used Tornados.

Yes, I was incorrect. The NASA definition for "astronaut" is 50 miles altitude, which is 264,000 feet.
Only X15 pilots qualified, so far as the public knows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut

X15 space photos are still classified
www.nasa.gov/topics/history/features/X-15_success.html

OUT2THEBLACK

Monday, July 20, 2009 10:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by piratenews:

Yes, I was incorrect. The NASA definition for "astronaut" is 50 miles altitude, which is 264,000 feet.
Only X15 pilots qualified, so far as the public knows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut

X15 space photos are still classified
www.nasa.gov/topics/history/features/X-15_success.html

Ever hear about the time Neil Armstrong came near to buzzing LAX and Inglewood with the X-15 ?

It's an interesting story :

http://www.sierrafoot.org/x-15/adventures/flight_051/flight_51.html