Felix Baumgartner's Test Jump

[Hans Tucker]

No doubt someone will point me to another thread I have managed to duplicate..so apologies in advanced if this is a rehash and to the member that has already started a thread.

Has anyone else been following Felix Baumgartner's attempt to jump from 120,000ft which is scheduled for later this year. Anyway, he has recently completed a milestone...a test jump from 71,000ft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TCO2IdoTA

Checkout the Red Bull Stratos website for more info:

http://www.redbullstratos.com/

[koputai]

They are obviously throwing a lot more dollars at it than the guys in the 60's!

A great book about these pursuits is "Magnificent Failure - Free Fall From the Edge Of Space" by Craig Ryan. It covers the attempt by Nick Piantanida to break the record back in the 60's. A great read, as are Craig Ryan's other books on high altitude ballooning.

Cheers,
Jason.

[Octane]

Sorry about that, Hans. Won't happen again.

:hides:

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[Octane]

I will go listen to that track now. :)

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[Ric]

What an awesome jump.

That is definitely what they call the right stuff.