Cape Canaveral, Florida (AP) - Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert supersonic parachute jump "the fearless Felix Baumgartner landed safely on his feet researchers are excited over the possibility of his vulnerability might one day help pilots to save lives in the disaster and space tourists.
Baumgartner death-defying jump from a balloon 24 miles above the Earth on Sunday made a wealth of information about the punitive effect of extreme speed and altitude on the human body - insights, you can notice the improved space suit, a new training program and the development of emergency medical services.
NASA engineers, professional astronaut escape system, The Baumgartner mission provides a good foundation for our survival chances to improve the professional astronauts, space tourist and high-altitude pilots and passengers.
"I hope that, perhaps, this is just the first step, a lot of progress to emergency relief, said Dustin Gohmert, who is responsible for the crew to survive the engineering office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
In an interview with reporters after Baumgartner became the first parachute to break the speed of sound, Gohmert pointed out that researchers have spent decades working to escape system for personal space, there is no significant progress, because Joe Kittinger rise in 1960, up from 19.5 miles, and reached 614 mph, stood there until Sunday record.
Baumgartner feat sponsored energy drink manufacturer Red Bull,, NASA has no effect. Dr. Jonathan Clark, a former NASA flight surgeon who lost his wife, Laurel, in the space shuttle Columbia accident, and worked to improve the crew escape system, the Baumgartner medical team responsible for.
He excitedly understand how much.
Baumgartner far more than Mach 1, or sound speed, providing more data than expected. He wore pressure suits and helmets, speed up a staggering 834 mph supersonic longer than expected. The speed of sound, the altitude of nearly 700 miles.
"This is Mach 1.24, which is very huge, I mean, this is a higher level than we had expected, and therefore faster, higher, and we learned a lot," said Clark, who at the Baylor University School of Medicine faculty.
Clark said his team is still all medical data analysis - heart rate, blood pressure, and - Baumgartner physical sensors to collect.
Baumgartner walked into a control rotation of about 40 seconds, after about 2.5 G, 2.5 times the force of gravity, before stabilizing in the stratosphere by his descendants.
Baumgartner, like Virgin Galactic spacecraft being developed, will take tourists into space, right back down righting technology may prove to be useful. These companies need some form of emergency escape plan.
NASA's next-generation Orion spacecraft for deep space exploration vehicles, like the old Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules will be airborne. The lessons learned from Baumgartner efforts may not directly apply to the design of the "Orion", because it will be safer for the astronauts to stay in the container, all the way back to Earth, Gohmert said.
As for the end of the space shuttle program now Colombia travel is too high and too fast Baumgartner export its decline in 2003 with the help of seven astronauts. The spacecraft disintegrated about 40 km, while traveling more than 17 Mach, the release force, tearing separated from the bodies of the crew.
That may have applied to any lessons Baumgartner feat that tragedy, Gohmert said in the 1986 Challenger disaster, the crew module in the launch outbreak fireball shot out, but there are too many unknowns.
After each accident, NASA improve its efforts to protect the occupants in case of an emergency. Closed last year in the 30-year shuttle program escape window is still limited, following about six kilometers and more than 230 mph.
Baumgartner's pressure suit - a close cousin of the the orange suit space shuttle astronauts and suit to wear high-altitude U-2 spy pilot - is designed for use in the lowered position of a status and freely, while the traditional The spacesuit achieved mainly sit. All accounts, the new suit well.
"I think all of us in our laboratory, specifically who handles shuttle suitable for watching in wonder and amazement, I really appreciate what they do," Gohmert said. This efficiency, bring them out, and our model of learning. "
The suit was filed by David Clark Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
"Maybe in the future, someone might say," We want people in suits, things of certain types of commercial space, we hope that they can be better, rather than floating in a sitting position, "Dan McCarter, procedures in the manager of the company, said Wednesday.
"Now we know how to reposition the arms and legs of the suit is a little more of course, we have been doing research and development ... new knee, elbow, lighter hardware. Uninterrupted Currently, we are the next generation of suits, NASA and the Air Force. "
Baumgartner suit has been confirmed to 100,000 feet. "Well, we almost said, now it certified 128,000 feet," McCarter said. '
Uncorrected spin may cause Baumgartner blacked out, and suffer a fatal stroke. Baumgartner said later that he could feel the pressure built in his head in the rotation, but did not pass.
His professional equipment salvage personnel on hand, for a large number of medical problems, he may suffer treat him. Clark and his team spent a few years time, improve emergency treatment and required mobile gear. In the end, it does not have a need.
"I tell you, we have a lot of medical coverage, because we are very concerned about," Clark said. "We are ready for everything."


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