(I am answering basic questions for a potential skydiving customer.)
Customer: “How long is the free-fall part?”
Me: “About thirty to forty seconds.”
Customer: “Thirty seconds!? I thought it was like five minutes? That’s how it is in the movies!”
Me: “But that’s in movies. Actual skydives average about a thirty- to forty-second free-fall.”
Customer: “Why?”
Me: “Because that’s how long it takes to fall from the highest altitude that you can safely jump from.”
Customer: “If I’m going to pay $250 to jump, I want to fall for five minutes.”
Me: “Might I point out that it doesn’t even take objects in space five minutes to fall to earth? You could be in orbit and not get a five-minute free-fall.”
Customer: “So, if I call around, no one will be able to give me five minutes?”
Me: “No, ma’am.”
Customer: “Is there any way you guys could fly the plane higher so I’d fall for five minutes?”
Me: “No, ma’am, we cannot do that. Besides the fact that it is physically impossible, you would die. If you’re still hung up on this five-minute thing, call NASA and tell it to them.”
Customer: “Oh, so they do that?”
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