10-25-2014, 10:23
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Freefall jump record shattered
Didn't even know this was happening.
Anyone else hear about this?
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Google Exec Just Beat The World Record For Highest-Altitude Jump From The Stratosphere
Google senior vice president Alan Eustace just beat the world record for highest-altitude space jump, The New York Times reports.
A helium-filled balloon carried him to nearly the top of the stratosphere, 135,908 feet — more than 25 miles — above the ground, before he cut himself loose and plunged toward the earth at speeds that peaked at more than 800 miles per hour. Observers on the ground heard a small sonic boom.
"It was amazing," he told The Times. "It was beautiful. You could see the darkness of space and you could see the layers of atmosphere, which I've never seen before."
The previous altitude record was set by Austrian Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from 128,100 feet in 2012 as a stunt for Red Bull.
Eustace, who's 57, had been planning the jump in secret for nearly three years and working with a small group of technologists specializing in spacesuit design, life-support systems, and parachute and balloon technology. Google did not help fund the jump.
“It was a wild, wild ride,” Eustace told The Times.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...inessinsider11
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10-25-2014, 11:39
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God damn, talk about balls. That's very, very impressive. I can't imagine what must be going through your mind as you fall through atmo. Nice post. Good to see something positive around here lol
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10-26-2014, 07:54
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Originally Posted by YM Cating
I can't imagine what must be going through your mind as you fall through atmo.
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10-26-2014, 08:14
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Great job!!!!
Did it without all the years of news hype that RED Bull did. Talk about minimiulist jumping.....
Must of been a really wierd flight up attached as he was.
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10-26-2014, 23:10
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...Red Bull certainly didnt give him any wings.
You dont need wings when you got balls.
Well done Mr Eustace.
Well done.
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10-28-2014, 04:43
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Originally Posted by MR2
"Oh man, hurry the fuck up - I so have to pee"
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HA! yeah, I believe it.
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