Talk:Project Excelsior

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[edit] Query on speed, moved from article page

Article says:

in later interviews, Kittinger put his top speed at 714 mph (1,149 km/h)

Query was:

was actual statement 620 knots? if so, state it and round appropriately in conversions

Quote from this interview with Joseph Kittinger:

At about 90,000 feet, I reached 714mph. The altimeter on my wrist was unwinding very rapidly. But there was no sense of speed.

Gandalf61 13:53, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What about...

What happened to the balloons? Wasn't someone recently trying to break this record? Rmhermen 18:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)