Air drag has a lot to do with the shape and orientation of the thing falling. The whole skydiving scene in movies with someone lying flat with arms out gets caught-up-to by someone all tucked in like a bullet toward the ground is actually feasible.
…except for the part where it would be easy to do…
But looking at it again, I dunno, it might take as little as 1k – 10k feet for an iPad that’s swiveling around like that. So yeah, 100k is probably overkill.
dogmic 
Y’know it would reach terminal velocity a lot faster than a drop from space necessitates.
Yeah, not as cool. Just sayin’.
Huh. Hard to estimate, but actually I may have lied.
That is pretty cool. Can we try it with my car? Over LA?
Yes!
That moment before the balloon pops was fantastic. I wonder if that audio was authentic? Seems like it may have been.
Tim, what makes it difficult to know where the iPad would have reached terminal velocity?
And, yes, Wil; apparently, 100,000 feet above Earth is amazing.
Air drag has a lot to do with the shape and orientation of the thing falling. The whole skydiving scene in movies with someone lying flat with arms out gets caught-up-to by someone all tucked in like a bullet toward the ground is actually feasible.
…except for the part where it would be easy to do…
But looking at it again, I dunno, it might take as little as 1k – 10k feet for an iPad that’s swiveling around like that. So yeah, 100k is probably overkill.