They won't help, there's no air in space. Speaking of air, what will it be powered on? Fuel can't burn in space.
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The sun seems to be burning just fine in space. 
Whatever mixture they use to fire the thrusters on space crafts, they've been doing it for almost 50 years, so I wouldn't worry too much about that.
Parachutes would be pretty useless for sure. No air to fill the chute or your lungs and both would burn up on re-entry.
Nov 6, 2008
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Kevindubrow wrote:
They won't help, there's no air in space. Speaking of air, what will it be powered on? Fuel can't burn in space.
Don't tell cheater_1 that, he doesn't know.
Billium248 wrote:
The sun seems to be burning just fine in space.
Whatever mixture they use to fire the thrusters on space crafts, they've been doing it for almost 50 years, so I wouldn't worry too much about that.
Parachutes would be pretty useless for sure. No air to fill the chute or your lungs and both would burn up on re-entry.
I wouldn't think that one would burn up on re-entry, if they're slow enough. Though I'm not exactly a rocket scientist.
kco wrote:
Will there be parachutes on board?
Kevindubrow wrote:
They won't help, there's no air in space. Speaking of air, what will it be powered on? Fuel can't burn in space.
kco, the only parachutes on board will be the ones used to stop the Space-X on the landing strip.
Kevindubrow, it will fly in earth's atmosphere using a highly-volatile fuel mixture, burned with air from the atmosphere. When it flies in space, it will use liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen for power. We believe that such a system will work, and be efficient at the same time.
Nov 10, 2008
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man...I was only making a joke about the parachute lol I knew they don't work in space, but don't tell cheater_1 that ! just in case if he jump out first I'll just him my backpack instead !!
I got the joke KC. However, it raised an interesting question: Is the "burning up on re-entry" only limited to things traveling at high speeds? From my skydiving experience (only 3000 feet, not 300 miles), I know that maximum velocity for a fall is 120 miles per hour. Once you're caught in the gravitational pull, rather than orbiting, I can't imagine it would take very long to reach 120 miles per hour. Would this be enuf to cause the friction responsible for the burning?
Nov 11, 2008
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yes it would , because i remember somewhere that someone who try to break the world record for the highest free fall, he has to wear special suit to protect himself from heat friction, I am pretty sure that what happen. Scary stuff though.
Found out through wikipedia, free fall...in 1960 he jump at 102,800 ft travelling at max. of 614 mph.
Anyone want to do a tandem with me ?
Then how come the ice on Iron Man's armor didn't just melt off as he fell? 
kco wrote:
man...I was only making a joke about the parachute lol I knew they don't work in space, but don't tell cheater_1 that ! just in case if he jump out first I'll just him my backpack instead !!
ROFL!
Nov 11, 2008
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Billium248 wrote:
Then how come the ice on Iron Man's armor didn't just melt off as he fell?
hmm interesting, so the guy who hold the world record for the free fall (20 miles high ) wear a special suit to protect from the cold and pressure (outward pressure ?? ) just before he jump off, he notice that his right glove was malfuntioning (has a small crack in it) and his hand was swelling up to the twice the size ! note: at 20 miles high the oxygen is only at 1/8 th
So to answer Bill question, it would have been cold the whole time.
Does not make sense to me. According to science, a vehicle travelling as fast as he was is too warm for ice to build up. Must of been a bit of sci-fi there, IMHO.
we're halfway there ... still think 10 more years this will be possible?
Do you have any parachutes on board ?