When Joe Kittinger lept from his balloon he didn't feel anything. There were so few air molecules hitting him he didn't realize that he was falling. In fact he was falling at over 600 Mph and he had to deploy his chutes at exactly the correct moment or the result would be......Well, In class you put yourselves in Joe's Pressure boots and took the dive yourself. What changed as Joe fell through the layers of the Atmosphere?
Following this you watched as Mr. Sabol and Mr. Oertling gave a description of a typical supply list and equipment needed to hike in varying elevations. What is the major change as you increase in elevation? What are all the layers of the atmosphere seperated by?
