Layers of the Atmosphere
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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?

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