Saturday 27 October 2012
SPACE JUMP
Felix Baumgartner reached an estimated speed of 1,342.8 km/h or 834.4 mph(Mach 1.24) jumping from the stratosphere, which when certified will make him the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall and set several other records while delivering valuable data for future space exploration.
Answer the questions or complete the sentences (key in 'comments').
1. Who does he thank first?
2. What did he want when he was on top of the world?
3. What has the experience made him understand?
4. He thought he was in trouble but he decided not to push the manual button so that he could...
5. Did he feel anything?
6. Why meeting Mike Todd at the landing area was the most beautiful moment?
7. What does he want?
8. How does he describe the experience?
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1. The thanks his team, who joined his dream.
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3. He’s humble because he thinks sometimes you have to go really high to understand how small you are.
4. break the speed of sound / fly supersonic.
5. No, he didn’t. He didn’t have reference points so he couldn’t know how fast he travelled.
6. Because he has become his mum- he was always dressing him up for tests and he is like his son. They’ve become really good friends.
7. He wants to inspire the next generation.
8. It’s way more difficult than anything he’s done so far