128.000ft freefall awesome

[Se7en]

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after skydiving from 24 miles above Earth. That guy is my hero ! Pure Awesomeness!

 

[mrgumby]

I watched it live he made it look easy....what makes people wanna do something like that must be the rush

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner lands safely on Earth after skydiving from 24 miles above Earth. That guy is my hero ! Pure Awesomeness!

Impressive? Yes, but not nearly as much as the men of Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior as they did it over 50 years ago with a lot less technology and safety advancements.

 

[Se7en]

Impressive? Yes, but not nearly as much as the men of Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior as they did it over 50 years ago with a lot less technology and safety advancements.

I wonder if the history channel has a clip on those people.

★☆ Sent from Xoom☆★

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

They ran a whole special on it a year or so ago. Kittinger, the previous record holder, was a consultant on Baumgartner's stunt.

 

[n8fgb]

They ran a whole special on it a year or so ago. Kittinger, the previous record holder, was a consultant on Baumgartner's stunt.

Kittinger was more than as consutant, he was CAPCOM1 and talked to him while he was up. Cool
Rich