The Physics of Skydiving
(Science Out Loud S2 Ep1)
When you fall thousands of feet from the sky, it seems like something strange is happening with the laws of physics.

Turns out, everything relies on a simple force - DRAG!

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Hosted and written by: Andrew Horning, Banks Hunter, Swati Varshney
Additional scripting: Elizabeth Choe, George Zaidan

Executive producer: Elizabeth Choe
Director: George Zaidan
Editor: Per Hoel (http://perhoel.org/)
Production assistants: Conor Olmstead, Ryan Pelletier

Skydiving footage: Andrew Horning
Special thanks: Jumptown
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