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Can someone explain why they say it will take 2 hours for him to reach his altitude? Right now he's 12.5 miles up after 35:26 minutes. Will he slow down as his altitude increases? I keep hearing them talk about dropping ballast -- is there a danger in ascending too fast?
EDIT:
But yes, he will also slow down as he goes up. The balloon will also change shape and expand greatly in size.
Can someone explain why they say it will take 2 hours for him to reach his altitude? Right now he's 12.5 miles up after 35:26 minutes. Will he slow down as his altitude increases? I keep hearing them talk about dropping ballast -- is there a danger in ascending too fast?
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No. The sugary soda is what pays for this inspiring and informative break from the shit on the learning channel.
It's interesting, for sure. But the goal is to get you to drink more Red Bull. It's a very unique ad, but still an ad. For a sugary beverage people should probably actually be drinking less of, not more.
But there are much worse (debatable) products that spend money on really shitty ad campaigns. So this isn't really bad.
I personally respect Red Bull for having found a niche (crazy adventure sports of all sorts) and making possible whole careers in these amazing sports.
At the end of the day, not a lot of people believe you NEED Red Bull to make this jump, but thousands of kids around the world are being inspired right this minute.
Can someone explain why they say it will take 2 hours for him to reach his altitude? Right now he's 12.5 miles up after 35:26 minutes. Will he slow down as his altitude increases? I keep hearing them talk about dropping ballast -- is there a danger in ascending too fast?
12.5 miles is 66k feet. He's at 44k. EDIT: But yes, he will also slow down as he goes up. The balloon will also change shape and expand greatly in size.
All in the name of selling sugary sodas. Noble.
Can someone explain why they say it will take 2 hours for him to reach his altitude? Right now he's 12.5 miles up after 35:26 minutes. Will he slow down as his altitude increases? I keep hearing them talk about dropping ballast -- is there a danger in ascending too fast?
he will slow down as he gets higher
Can someone explain why they say it will take 2 hours for him to reach his altitude? Right now he's 12.5 miles up after 35:26 minutes. Will he slow down as his altitude increases? I keep hearing them talk about dropping ballast -- is there a danger in ascending too fast?
Not sure about ascending too fast, I'd imagine at high speeds there's a risk of damaging the balloon due to wind.
Can someone explain why they say it will take 2 hours for him to reach his altitude? Right now he's 12.5 miles up after 35:26 minutes. Will he slow down as his altitude increases? I keep hearing them talk about dropping ballast -- is there a danger in ascending too fast?
12.5 miles is 66k feet. He's at 44k. EDIT: But yes, he will also slow down as he goes up. The balloon will also change shape and expand greatly in size.
IS someone else having trouble with youtube, showing "static" ? (can't connect to live stream)