And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
And a pressure suit or pressurised cockpit - oxygen isn't enough as the low pressure means your diaphragm doesn't work above about 50,000 ft although problems begin to occur much lower.
Gonna need to be on pure oxygen for a while before take off to avoid the bends. Space suit or not. And the transpency of tha canopy either needs to be reduced in area or heavily tinted because that is an easy bake oven with wings. But hey, don't listen to me. Do whatever you want.
And a pressure suit or pressurised cockpit - oxygen isn't enough as the low pressure means your diaphragm doesn't work above about 50,000 ft although problems begin to occur much lower.
ReplyDeleteThe SolarStratos website says the pilot will wear a solar powered space suit.
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Will? So that’s concept art.
DeleteSo...wingman took the photo? Nah, we just made it up.
ReplyDeleteGonna need to be on pure oxygen for a while before take off to avoid the bends. Space suit or not. And the transpency of tha canopy either needs to be reduced in area or heavily tinted because that is an easy bake oven with wings. But hey, don't listen to me. Do whatever you want.
ReplyDeleteBetter plan on descending for a landing NLT half an hour before sunset.
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