Solving J. W. Kittinger’s Excelsior III Jump in Excel
The article brings a spreadsheet model of J. W. Kittinger’s legendary jump from the stratosphere performed in 1960. The most likely solution to the fall is presented. Some data published about the fall turned out to be contradictory. The discrepancies are pointed out. The main results are that (1) i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bond University
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Series: | Spreadsheets in Education |
Online Access: | http://sie.scholasticahq.com/article/4587-solving-j-w-kittinger-s-excelsior-iii-jump-in-excel.pdf |