Updated at: 0909 PST, Friday, July 02, 2010 VIENNA: Felix Baumgartner - who plans to do a free-fall skydive from the edge of space - has tested his pressurised space suit by doing bungee jumps.During his Red Bull Stratos mission Baumgartner will use a helium balloon to float to the edge of space before plummeting back to Earth at speeds of 690mph. To make sure he is comfortable in his suit, which needs to protect against temperatures of -56C, his team are now conducting a series of tests which have included stepping-off from the actual capsule, high-altitude skydives and the bungee jumps -- carried out in a deserted fairground. But at just 200ft fall per bungee jump, Baumgartner will have to do 600 to match the 120,000ft he will fall during the actual jump . Speaking of the test bungee jumps, Technical Project Director Art Thompson said, "You wouldn’t normally think of a bungee jump in terms of prepping for a high-altitude jump, but it gives Felix the sensation of what it’s like to step off and try to control his forward rotation. Despite his elation with progress made so far, Baumgartner admits that he still has moments of concern. Noting that no amount of technological testing can ever rule out human error. "My biggest concern is that dangerous part of the project which we just haven’t thought of. We try to think of every contingency, but there’s always going to be something that you would never imagine could happen. And that might kill you," he said. |
Friday, July 2, 2010
Space jump daredevil tests suit -- with bungee
Uth Package Offers Free on-net Calls after Two Mins
As we know, Super Call Offer ended yesterday, which offered free on-net calls after first 2 minutes – round the clock, now Ufone has modified its Uth Package.
According to details provided to us by sources, Ufone Uth Package has become something like following:
- Free Ufone to Ufone Calls after first two minutes – 24 hours
- Hourly Calls to PTCL numbers from 12 AM to 5 PM (FnF Numbers only)
- Daily Charges: Rs. 1 plus tax
- Other details remain the same as mentioned on this page
So apparently, round the clock Ufone to Ufone calls feature is added to already available features for Uth Package.
How to subscribe:
If you are on Uwon or any other package (Even with Super Call Offer activated), then dial *22# to activate Uth Package. Subscription charges are Rs. 10 plus tax.
Note: Uth Package subscribers will have to re-subscribe by dialing *22# to avail this modified Uth package, re-subscription charges are Rs. 30 plus tax
Important Note: This modification in Uth Package (Round the clock free On-net Calls after 2 mins) will remain valid till July 31st, 2010. No words yet on what will happen after that.
For any further information call Helpline – as website isn’t updated with these details yet.
Wateen Offers Student Discount Package in Selected Cities
This discount is offered exclusively for students in following cities:
- Okara
- Sargodha
- Abbottabad
- Gujrat
- Sialkot
- Sheikhupura
- Sahiwal
Student of these cities can get discount on Wateen services by simply presenting their School, college, University identity at Wateen Franchises.
Discounted Wateen Rates for Students are as following:
- 256 Kbps – Unlimited Volume for Rs. 839
- 512 Kbps – Unlimited Volume for Rs. 909
- 1 Mbps – 1 GB Limit for Rs. 299
- 1 Mbps – Unlimited Volume for Rs. 979
All these packages come with
- Upfront cost: Zero
- Security: Zero
- Monthly Device Rental: Zero
For more information call Wateen’s helpline here: 111-365-111 (Be informed that wait time is usually longer than 4-5 minutes)
It merits mentioning here that these cities were offered subsidy by USF (see map above) – where it is mandatory for broadband operators to achieve a target number of customers to start receiving the subsidy grants from USF. As it is apparent from the map that USF has plans to stretch its subsidy for broadband to other under-served cities of Pakistan as well.
For complete details on USF’s Broadband programme:http://www.usf.org.pk/Broadband-Programme.aspx
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