How A Jump From The Stratosphere Broke The Internet

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What is it like to fall from 130k feet off the ground? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with Felix Baumgartner on the 10th anniversary of his free fall from the stratosphere to talk about his experience reaching terminal velocity, base jumping, and other physics.
What is the air resistance like at 130 thousand feet? Learn what it’s like traveling through different layers of the atmosphere and what it feels like to break the speed of sound. What is the difference between skydiving and base jumping? Discover Joe Kittinger and the history of skydiving. What is it like to be the first person to accomplish something? And finally… What makes him do it?
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00:00 - Introduction
4:06 - Base Jumps
06:58 - Air Resistance & Reaching Terminal Velocity
10:30 - Breaking KZfaq
13:40 - Joe Kittinger & The History of Skydiving
22:50 - Taking Risks
24:57 - Standing on Top of the World

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@StarTalk Жыл бұрын

Would you take this jump?

@tko2218 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely..Why Not..🪂🤙

@patytrico Жыл бұрын

YES!

@jimmytimmy3680 Жыл бұрын

I would jump from the atmosphere of Mars.

@williamckama8470 Жыл бұрын

Fastest Man, alive

@MarijanDjima Жыл бұрын

Yes. Just enough time to come out as someone else on the other end 🙂

@PlataxJazz Жыл бұрын

High five to Felix 10 years later. For a guy who has been so high, he is really well grounded.

@Yvecampell Жыл бұрын

Good sense of humour

@nugboy420 Жыл бұрын

lol also hi five for doing the quick conversion on the fly around 9:45 or so Neil asked one I don’t think he was prepared for lol.

@cleverusername9369 Жыл бұрын

Lol you can't gain enough altitude to high five Felix

@michaelbonnen9791 4 ай бұрын

Hahahahahaha awesome

@philipberthiaume2314 Жыл бұрын

For international fans of Startalk: 130,000 feet is 39,600 meters or 39.6 km up. That's incredible.

@eduardovalencia2197 Жыл бұрын

now that is high

@UziPeters Жыл бұрын

I had to do the conversion to KMS to get an idea how high it was.

@philipberthiaume2314 Жыл бұрын

@Cognitive MGTOW I think you kinda missed the point of my comment.

@xdragon2k Жыл бұрын

For comparison, SR-71 Blackbird can only fly up to 85,000 feet. So he jumped 1.5 times higher than that. However, the edge of space (Karman Line) is defined at 100km, or 330,000 feet. So he jumped about 0.4 of the way of that karman line.

@SB4F Жыл бұрын

39.624,m*

@F_L_U_X Жыл бұрын

Felix is one sharp cookie. I've never seen an interview of him or heard him talk before. He's very articulate, respectful, thoughtful, clever, funny and intelligent...

@matrixman7225 Жыл бұрын

NDT himself didn't have the power to interrupt him as much.

@sharc811 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rtOohJh9zpPFf2w.html

@silentracer911 Жыл бұрын

I still remember watching that jump and being amazed at the achievement. Congratulations on being one of the few to have that amazing view of the world

@willj3ff Жыл бұрын

I’ll never forget this moment in time. I was so frightened when I realized that Felix was out of control and lost consciousness. It was his training that allowed him to recover and regain control to successfully deploy his chute. It’s hard to imagine what it must have felt like to be in near vacuum with virtually zero resistance but still moving faster than the speed of sound. Unreal!!!

@MoahGentle 11 ай бұрын

I missed the lost consciousness part (couldn’t really understand audio during the fall). I wonder why wouldn’t they talk about it?

@sailorman8668 8 ай бұрын

@@MoahGentle He NEVER lost consciousness - Baumgartner said that he 'felt like' he was going to pass out. In actuality, he never did.

@welern2liv815 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Neil for not letting Felix escape the "philosophical" moment of being on top of the world.

@10VAHE Жыл бұрын

These kinds of talks are so great, more please !

@VRonkiej Жыл бұрын

I don't know where I was when this jump occurred. I don't know how I missed this. I had never heard of this jump until watching this episode a couple of days ago. When I saw the title "Jump from the Stratosphere" silly me was thinking the Las Vegas Stratosphere not THE Stratosphere. I am so geeked. Since watching this on Friday, I have watched so many videos on this jump. This is crazy and amazing at the same time. Thank you Dr. Neil; you have taught me so much in the time I've been watching!!!

@iwannaseenow1 Жыл бұрын

Great, great interview! I's love to hear more of the technical side of the whole mission. It would be great to have this guest back!.

@m6h3r Жыл бұрын

I remember watching it live and a few times after. Amazing. I'm going to watch it again. Epic interview!

@clhagy Жыл бұрын

Great video Neil and Felix! Thanks for making it!

@sapelesteve Жыл бұрын

Terrific interview Neil! I can't believe that it's been ten years already! Kudos to Felix on an incredible accomplishment! He is the epitome of what goes up must come down! 👍👍👏👏

@johnyepthomi892 Жыл бұрын

The end was emotional. What an achievement!!

@MarwanMahdy Жыл бұрын

I am so glad people still remember Felix, fearless man.

@Msvalexvalex Жыл бұрын

Such an interesting interview! I remember watching his jump at a friend's house, we took a break from our poker game to do so. We were all so stressed out, and relieved when he landed! Also, this is the most visually pleasing Star Talk episode, with the black/cream backgrounds and clothes of Neil and Felix. Details.

@crob18 Жыл бұрын

Omg! I didn't even notice the backgrounds until reading this. It was very pleasing to the eye.

@askarielad Жыл бұрын

That is so awesome that you’ve brought this legendary man 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@MrKasa1989 Жыл бұрын

If anyone can.

@FumikoNobuoka Жыл бұрын

Felix hasn't aged a day since that jump. I still remember the look on his mother's face as he went up. Admirable feat and an amazing character.

@MoahGentle 11 ай бұрын

I guess that as a professional sportman (so to speak) he lives a very healthy lifestyle.

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk 8 ай бұрын

Ten years isn't that far

@kevyjo 8 ай бұрын

Well he aged 10 years during the jump so he was ahead of time lol....j/k

@chobiig7897 Жыл бұрын

wow this is so amazing and inspiring!! thank you Neil and Felix with this exceptionally awesome video!!

@nikhatriazrasool Жыл бұрын

Thank you sooooo much for this great insight...superb interview of supersonic man. 😊loved sky diving always .never knew about this " Base jumping" WoW!!!! So much knowledge ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thoroughly enjoyed and learned a lot. Thank you so much.

@lemonberries Жыл бұрын

fantastic interview! Felix seems like a awesome person, what an insane moment in human history and one that I will personally never forget

@johnnyfreedom3437 Жыл бұрын

One of the most interesting Parts was when the world's greatest astrophysicist said, "I didn't know that" about the meaning of a base jump! Proving, anybody can learn something new everyday! We learn something new from you too everyday Neil, thanks!

@sailorman8668 8 ай бұрын

The 'world's greatest astrophysicist'? Too bad he's so misinformed to claim that from the skydiver's jump height of 39 km (24 miles) the earth's curvature still wouldn't be visible to the human eye. In interviews, Baumgartner has stated that the earth's curvature WAS observable.

@larryo6874 Жыл бұрын

Nice interview! It was interesting how Felix said he wasn’t a daredevil but the jump was carefully considered and executed.

@britishshock Жыл бұрын

I remeber watching that with my dad. We were taking about physics and aerodynamic. Great time.

@jacquelamontharenberg Жыл бұрын

What a great interview. Loads of respect for both of you. Humans can do anything if they work together. Very inspirational. Thank you Neil.

@davca333 Жыл бұрын

I was at airshow and high fived and thanked to Felix, very cool and easy guy and big show man. Big respect and good luck to him. Thx Neil for having interview with him.

@chucktaylor4958 Жыл бұрын

This was a great discourse between a physicist and an adventurer.

@rickhay9782 Жыл бұрын

One badass dude ..thank you for the ride Felix !!

@zyxwvut4740 Жыл бұрын

Kudoz for remembering Alan Eustace's higher jump ten days later.

@slcncr Жыл бұрын

I remember watching the whole thing live. Several very exciting hours that made history.

@TheMsPetal Жыл бұрын

Excellent explainer! Thank you!!

@pouljensen2789 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! I would really have liked to hear Felix talk about how he experienced the out-of-control spin though.

@cosmogirl8713 Жыл бұрын

Great segment

@LEDewey_MD Жыл бұрын

Great interview!!

@mattyktatermattyktater796 Жыл бұрын

Hey Neil! I was at your talk last night at the Sacramento speakers series. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I tried buying your new book but they were sold out. Something that was new knowledge to me is that you are a fountain pen fan. What's your pen/nib/ink? I'm a LAMY 2000/F/Namiki blue. Thanks for a great evening.

@akse Жыл бұрын

Wow this was awesome.. Felix seems like such a nice fellow. I wasn't too hyped about the jump but IIRC I did watch it live or part of it at least.

@themoviebrotha1033 Жыл бұрын

That dude was crazy for doing that!! I'm surprised he didn't pass out at over 800mph!! Just insane!! Damn. Only use one parachute... unbelievable.

@aking9756 Жыл бұрын

He did pass out. But then he woke up.

@themoviebrotha1033 Жыл бұрын

@@aking9756 oh. I missed that part I just remember he said he felt like he was going to pass out, but didn't know he actually did.

@sailorman8668 8 ай бұрын

@@themoviebrotha1033 You are right. He didn't actually pass out. As you say, he said that he felt like he was going to pass out, but never did.

@tigertolliver5199 Жыл бұрын

Star talk always BRILLIANT!!!

@diegofernandez4789 Жыл бұрын

Great episode. Would be perfect if you replay the jump at the end.

@stevestarr9769 Жыл бұрын

I watched this live. Absolutely amazing.

@larrymanning5925 Жыл бұрын

It's crazy when I think about it but when he first jumped from the balloon and reached the speed of sound there was not much air resistance, so there wasn't any air whooshing sound as he fell thru it. Pretty much silent at first for awhile. That's awesome.

@madb132 Жыл бұрын

If anyone deserves an "AWESOMENESS!" It's Felix. Thank you. 👍

@markerwin9167 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@leftcoaster67 Жыл бұрын

Kudos to both Felix and Joe.

@DannerBanks Жыл бұрын

what a great interview

@08mario08 Жыл бұрын

Crazy I remember watching this live on KZfaq!

@Rendall81 Жыл бұрын

So good nice interview.

@jeffsiegwart 9 ай бұрын

Great show!

@olgagaisan5155 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see and hear Felix! Real hero

@PhilippeSalort Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, fascinating discussion

@MadDragon75 Жыл бұрын

Between how you describe the atmosphere slowing you and the SciShow episode asking the question if we are fish this pretty much sums it up as we are fish, but we live in a very thinly dispersal of H20 molecules mixed with a remainder of Sol's cosmic gases that passed us on their way out to the bigger gaseous planets that formed in the outer orbital belts of our solar system. So it appears.

@MoahGentle 11 ай бұрын

Interesting to think of it this way. We would suffocate everywhere else in the universe except where we are in the earth’s atmosphere.

@mrmileskp Жыл бұрын

THIS!!! is gonna be good. Just hope Chuck is in this one too.

@mikemclenison8200 Жыл бұрын

Interesting and fun to listen to! Wow, 10 yrs already!

@Monarch15w Жыл бұрын

This was cool watching it. Like watching this live.

@JJs_playground Жыл бұрын

It's been 10 years, holy cow! It feels like yesterday.

@Squirrel_101 11 ай бұрын

Still remeber watching this... Can't believe it was so long ago, what a legend

@YokoiL Жыл бұрын

Great talk

@anonw3829 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff...Thank you!

@Galactis1 Жыл бұрын

I watched this live and it was epic. Like it was really impressive.

@godbear2930 Жыл бұрын

Love this episode!

@piconudo5233 Жыл бұрын

Amazing.neil I love u 💓I learned so much from u.i watch this shows with my son he is 15 he loves it.we sit talk about it all and come out with our own conclusions however ur the man.keep up the amazing will executed shows coming.i call it a show cause u show us. A 7.1 billion thanks from the earthlings

@righty-o3585 Жыл бұрын

I can't even begin to fathom , not only the view when he stepped out to the ledge, but the INCREDIBLE amount of courage it took to understand how high he was and still take that step... Because I don't think I could have done it.

@MoahGentle 11 ай бұрын

It probably helped that he has done it hundreds of times before. Just not from such height. But I get where you’re coming from.

@righty-o3585 11 ай бұрын

@@MoahGentle Well, yeah. I knew that, but still. I can't imagine anybody fully gets used to something like that

@konstantinosgri Жыл бұрын

Well that is an interesting interview.!

@J.D.Blackburn-ds5de Ай бұрын

My favorite episode by far, so far...

@kevinmuhia Жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff

@asan1050 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Much !

@marinagadaborshev7427 Жыл бұрын

Sir, I really like that bit of art over yout left shoulder. Curious who is the artist.

@bballanalytics1552 Жыл бұрын

Great ending. Break the speed of light dude!

@jeremyjarvis8100 Жыл бұрын

It's people like him that are doing Great things.

@patruskan100 Жыл бұрын

I saw it then, years ago. ❤ its so first .awesome 😊 one of my favorit

@bidyo1365 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video and I learned new!

@JithinJacob333 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe it's been 10 years. As Neil said, it just feels like 3-4 years ago

@F_L_U_X Жыл бұрын

10TH ANNIVERSARY?! IT FEELS LIKE THAT HAPPENED ONLY 3 YEARS AGO!

@gabrielsatter Жыл бұрын

Lolol..

@oscarmedina1303 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful interview. Yes. I would take the jump. I'm a risk taker and this type of jump is a calculated risk.

@robertgagne8892 Жыл бұрын

Felix is a LEGEND, and I'll never forget this amazing jump! One of the very COOLEST THINGS I have ever witnessed. This man has the proverbial "big ones", in my book!!! Wow, it was ten years ago? Never would have guessed that :-}

@phizicks Жыл бұрын

I can tell you now, it's never just one host doing a broadcast.

@thejoshbtv Жыл бұрын

Insane that it has been 10 years already.

@North_Lights 10 ай бұрын

Some tidbits @05:50 Yes, the wing suits are steerable but not necessarily you can glide up in updrafts because the total aspect ratio, square of the span b^2 / A area of the wing is very small for human wing suit compare to paragliding parachute. The large sea birds can glide in place in updraft but tiny bids cannot, same principle here. The base jump and sky diving parachute both has low aspect ratio, because the purpose is not fly long distance but land immediately after finish sky diving at same or near place where is jump. @07:55 Mach 1.0 is Sonic speed, Mach >1.0 is supersonic speed. Bullet speed (depends on cartridge but most bullet) travel at Mach 2.0 to 2.25, so his velocity was less than speed of bullet and close to sonic speed.

@philthedev Жыл бұрын

kittinger's book, come up and get me, is so good

@rusteshackleferd8115 11 ай бұрын

A truly amazing guy!

@JustMePatrick Жыл бұрын

I can't believe it has been 10 years! Wow!

@spanky9676 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching that live

@nikonissinen6772 Жыл бұрын

Amazin. thanks neil and felix

@paulesterline5714 Жыл бұрын

There is a saying in sales. It is regarding being well known or the best at something. "It is better to be first, than to be the best. " in other words if your the first to do/make something, it is better for you EVEN if your not the best. If you can be both then you invincible!

@JohnSmith-gb5vg Жыл бұрын

Never heard of the second guy. But this guy, watched on the big screen with my dad. Freakin excellent.

@MoahGentle 11 ай бұрын

Most never heard of “the first guy” either.

@PatJones82 Жыл бұрын

Felix is the man!

@danielmadar9938 6 ай бұрын

Thanks

@fizzy1922 Жыл бұрын

after this I would love if NDT could examine the Halo books or games. I think there is alot to explore

@yourmom361 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I didn't realize how great Felix is as an interview

@queendragon75 6 ай бұрын

Recommended listen after this... "Sogno di volare" or " dream of flight" by Christopher Tin

@PaletteBegonia 6 ай бұрын

What an amazing sight it must of been.... Its sad to think basically all of us will never be able to fully appreciate Earths glory from within a situation like he did..

@V01t2 Жыл бұрын

I watched it so many times❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

@simplyblesd Жыл бұрын

What a great episode

@thundercatt5265 Жыл бұрын

Mo!! power to him...i have a fear of flying... i don't like heights....just looking down would probably make me faint ,yet alone jump... no sir ....

@rtazman2004 Жыл бұрын

What a great show Neil deGrasse and Felix thank you for such a great entertaining and educational video really enjoyed it thank you and God Bless Amen USA 💯❤🙏🦅🇺🇲

@Wannabe-Pro Жыл бұрын

Man, would have loved Chuck's jokes here! Especially his Arnold impression.

@MikeJamesMedia Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@tbev3363 Жыл бұрын

Neil.....you missed talking about the crazy out of control flat spins at Mach 1! I watched this live... pretty cool stuff.

@willmolina7395 Жыл бұрын

He did speak about it...he said there was really no air, Soo there nothing he could do till he got to 90,000 ft where he started to able to control he's free fall...have a blessed day TBEV 🙏🏻

@tbev3363 Жыл бұрын

@@willmolina7395 true, I heard that part...but they didn't specifically mention it, or if he blacked out...what effect it had on him...that type of thing...I just thought it would have been interesting to hear more in depth. Cheers.