Jump from Edge of Space - Felix Baumgartner.

[F'Angus]

So Felix Baumgartner just jumped from 128,000 ft. Two and a half hours up, and back down in five minutes. This guy is actually awesome.

Real life ODST.

What did everybody think?

 

[F'Angus]

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[JoJo]

Well he had one epically long free-fall of over 4 minutes, my skydive last month only had 50 seconds before the parachute came out.

 

[F'Angus]

Well he had one epically long free-fall of over 4 minutes, my skydive last month only had 15 seconds before the parachute came out.

Never been skydiving myself. But that description there shows just how high he was. Brilliant.

 

[biganemanja]

I just facepalm at the fact that they put him on the same page as Armstrong, I mean don't get me wrong, he deserves respect, but not the same respect that the world should have for the people who walked on the moon... 1969 Man walked on the moon, 2012 man jumps from from high....

 

[Vegosiux]

I just facepalm at the fact that they put him on the same page as Armstrong, I mean don't get me wrong, he deserves respect, but not the same respect that the world should have for the people who walked on the moon... 1969 Man walked on the moon, 2012 man jumps from from high....

On that note, I'll just add a fun little trivia fact about how being the right man in the right place can be rather a big thing. Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, got the honor in no small part because he was the only cosmonaut small enough to fit into the Vostok 1 (he was just 5'2").

 

[Private Custard]

Well he had one epically long free-fall of over 4 minutes, my skydive last month only had 15 seconds before the parachute came out.

15 seconds?? What altitude did you jump from?

I went from 13,500ft and fell for just under a minute.

 

[Froggy Slayer]

Well, that photo is obviously shopped. You can't see his MASSIVE BRASS BALLS. I mean look at it! Look at that drop! I say god-damn!

 

[Andy Shandy]

I must say, Felix Baumgartner seems like a very down to earth guy.

 

[Zantos]

The codex astartes does not support that action.

Seriously though, awesome dude. That is an absolutely wicked thing to do, you can't even imagine what must have been going through his head in the four minutes of free fall.

 

[JoJo]

Well he had one epically long free-fall of over 4 minutes, my skydive last month only had 15 seconds before the parachute came out.

15 seconds?? What altitude did you jump from?

I went from 13,500ft and fell for just under a minute.

Oops, I meant 50 seconds, edited. It was from 15000ft I think.

 

[DugMachine]

Watched it live and was pretty awesome. Grats for the record and major props for the balls of steel it took to do such a thing. I think he broke the sound barrier or got pretty darn close just on free falling, must have been exhilarating.

Like someone said above though, I've already read some comparisons to Armstrong... just no stahp. This is impressive but it's no walk on the moon.

 

[Guffe]

What's the difference here than normal skydiving except he looks like an alien and the way up took a bit longer than usual?
Not meaning to be a party pooper, and yes it would've been cool n' all but I mean he just jumped from a really high altitude...

 

[Private Custard]

Well he had one epically long free-fall of over 4 minutes, my skydive last month only had 15 seconds before the parachute came out.

15 seconds?? What altitude did you jump from?

I went from 13,500ft and fell for just under a minute.

Oops, I meant 50 seconds, edited. It was from 15000ft I think.

It's awesome up there isn't it

 

[F'Angus]

I must say, Felix Baumgartner seems like a very down to earth guy.

haha, best post here.

Well, that photo is obviously shopped. You can't see his MASSIVE BRASS BALLS. I mean look at it! Look at that drop! I say god-damn!

You sir, second favourite comment.

 

[DugMachine]

What's the difference here than normal skydiving except he looks like an alien and the way up took a bit longer than usual?
Not meaning to be a party pooper, and yes it would've been cool n' all but I mean he just jumped from a really high altitude...

Well normal sky dives free fall last for a minute maybe? This guy was free falling for 4+ minutes and reached a top speed of 700 something miles an hour. That's pretty insane

 

[Rawne1980]

They were actually taking him to the moon but he forgot his camera. That's him going back for it.

 

[sky14kemea]

I watched the live stream with a bunch of people over Skype. We may have gotten over-excited and just dissolved into yelling when he started the jump.

I thought it was pretty bad-ass though, especially the way he did the landing at the end.

 

[Padwolf]

I was watching the live stream with my boyfriend. I was pretty darn excited about it. It was awesome to watch, I got my friend to watch it too and we both got a bit over excited. That man has balls of steel.

 

[Winterbird]

Here it is in case anyone missed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT1DhcQg0Os

How did his balls fit inside the space suit?