10.17.2012

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.

I. Watch this interview with him before jumping and answer the questions or complete the sentences (key in 'comments').





1. What’s the most dangerous part of the mission?
2. What’s the scariest part?
3. In order to get so high, he needs a helium _________________ and a _________________ capsule. It takes about _________________   _________________ to go to altitude. He depressurizes the _________________. He_________________ out. He says a _________________     _________________ and he _________________ off.
4. What do you need to survive a dead altitude?
5. How long will oxygen last after he disconnects from the capsule?
6. What does his family think of his job?
7. Why is his mother a little bit more confident now?

II. Watch him now after the jump and see how he describes his record-breaking skydive. 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?

1 comment:

eoilumi1 said...

I.
1. The free-fall section
2. They don’t know what breaking the sound makes to a human person.
3. Balloon, pressure, 3 hours, capsule, climbs, little prayer, steps.
4. A pressure suit and oxygen.
5. 10 minutes.
6. His mum is not superhappy.
7. She knows he has a lot of discipline. She knows his team and that he’s surrounded by really experienced people.

II.
1. The thanks his team, who joined his dream.
2. He wanted to come back alive. He didn’t want to die in front of his parents, his girlfriend and all the people watching it.
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.