If i am 128,000 feet in the air, am I near the edge of space? and how high up is the planet's Statosphere?

Only the last few thousand feet were negotiated by parachute. ... This meant the visor fogged up as he exhaled. "This is very serious, Joe," he told retired US Air Force Col Joe Kittinger, ... going to benefit future private space programmes or high-altitude pilots; ... I am a little shocked at the ngative com...

Please continue to send comments, and if you're so inclined, read some earlier posts ... Posted by Conroy at 8:22 AM 2 comments ... . 1970s and 1980s the outer planets were in a favorable alignment for a space probe to ... ... Nevertheless, the air pressure at 128,000 feet is only about five one thousandths of ... ..

The lead up to the historic event was similar to that of a rocket launch ... like to look down from 128,000 ft (8,000 ft more than originally planned), ... far from the terminal velocity at that altitude, which is around 350 m/s. ... In the low to mid stratosphere (the region of space where ... October 17, 2012 at 2:03 ...

Have you ever been so high you felt like the movie 'Up' was real? ... . "I am at 120000 feet AMA" ... being "unresonable" due to him being in or near the stratosphere. ... . I think the possibility of him doing an AMA is up in the air. ... .. if AT&T can make it work at 128,000 feet above th...

But every once in a while you might get to do that, and if it's at night ... It's fun to watch the 'big guys' in the sky, and have them and the ... . at the post office, I don't know what's the hold up, but there's a line. ... Am I getting an upgrade?” ... . in a jump from the 'edge of spac...

Baumgartner's 128,000-foot altitude (he overshot his mark) is only about 24 ... The stratosphere isn't quite space. ... The Air Force needed a way to stabilize a pilot from a high altitude ... .. I am really curious if you watched the entire broadcast. ... . Nope, it came up about 38 miles shy of the edge of space...

The gaseous area surrounding the planet is divided into several concentric strata or ... The air temperature in the stratosphere remains relatively constant up to an ... A human goes to 128,000 feet (24+ miles, 39 km) and jumps breaking the ... to space (if it is moving fast enough) or be pulled back to Earth by gravity (if it isn't...

In fact, high altitude ballooning now seems to be using these terms to ... If an air- breathing jet engine can function, you are not in space. ... and regulations may allow flights up to 12,500 feet without supplemental ... . And not “close to space” or “the edge of space” either. ... October 25th, 2012 at 10:41 am.

Jumping from about 128,000 feet up near space, Baumgartner took a ... who just jumped from about a high as is humanly possible on this planet. ... coming month it should not be a problem as I am done with the jump ... AA: Your latest jump sent you up to the edge of space over 120,000 feet up in the air.

posted Mar 12, 2013, 6:35 AM by Patty Malone [ updated Mar 12, 2013, 6:36 AM ] ... "Fearless Felix" Lands Safely After Jumping From Edge of Space ... The high altitude balloon twists in the wind just seconds before the launch was ... to a huge helium balloon at 128,000 feet -- 24 miles up -- higher than anyone before him.