RedBull Stratos...Felix Baumgartner....700mph+ FreeFall

[SystemParanoia]

needed to go higher to beat both

[RizzoTheRat]

el stovey said:

Baumgartner broke the records for highest free fall, highest helium man balloon flight, and for the fastest free fall

Highest manned balloon flight is only an unofficial record though isn't it as he'd have needed to land in it to get the official record?

[Salgar]

RizzoTheRat said:

el stovey said:

Baumgartner broke the records for highest free fall, highest helium man balloon flight, and for the fastest free fall

Highest manned balloon flight is only an unofficial record though isn't it as he'd have needed to land in it to get the official record?

Well, considering the last people with the record died on landing, it's probably not that important.

[Flying Toilet]

Mark Webbers attempt.

[anonymous-user]

I would hazard a guess that these 'records' are purely incidental to someone like Felix.

The important thing is in the 'doing' of the act.

If I'd just lept out of a capsule at 27,000 feet, reached 833 MPH and landed safely I'd be more interested in the experience of whole event (the feelings of unadulterated joy/fear/peace/speed etc.) rather than any numbers.

[Gizmoish]

garyhun said:

I would hazard a guess that these 'records' are purely incidental to someone like Felix.

The important thing is in the 'doing' of the act.

If I'd just lept out of a capsule at 27,000 feet, reached 833 MPH and landed safely I'd be more interested in the experience of whole event (the feelings of unadulterated joy/fear/peace/speed etc.) rather than any numbers.

I see what you're saying, but the point of the whole operation was to see how far he could take it.

If he didn't break any records, it would have been like VAG spending £x million developing the Veyron, finding that it would only do 185mph and saying "well, it's pretty damn fast you know."

[Davey S2]

Courtesy of the Daily Fail

[durbster]

Davey S2 said:

Courtesy of the Daily Fail

Ahem... you mean shamelessly stolen off the net (usually b3ta) by the Daily Fail. They do it all the time.

[ajprice]

[El Guapo]

OK, I have already donned my flameproof suit, but I can't honestly say that I would rate this stunt highly on my list of great human achievements.
The altitude & freefall speed numbers are impressive but I don't see that it required a great leap in courage or skill compared to a regular freefall jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet.

[simonjunior831]

sorry to dumb down the thread......but what happened to his balloon and pod he went up in ?

[RizzoTheRat]

The pod came down on it's own parachute, not sure if it disconnected from the balloon first or waited until the balloon popped though.

[so called]

If his door didnt open would he be on the moon by now ?

[BigJonMcQuimm]

And recreated in lego!

http://newslite.tv/2012/10/15/red-bull-stratos-jum...

[El Capitano]

A 'what Felix saw' POV video is now on redbull.tv, can't seem to link from iPhone though

[Grenoble]

so called said:

If his door didnt open would he be on the moon by now ?

No. He'd reached the limit (pretty much) of the altitude that the balloon could take him to.

[croyde]

El Capitano said:

A 'what Felix saw' POV video is now on redbull.tv, can't seem to link from iPhone though

Here you go http://www.redbullstratos.com/

[Pot Bellied Fool]

Fantastic feat - even my wife was transfixed.

Just curious, what was the function of the red button he hit before stepping off? An 'Emergency Stop' ain't going to do much for you there!

[croyde]

Pot Bellied Fool said:

Fantastic feat - even my wife was transfixed.

Just curious, what was the function of the red button he hit before stepping off? An 'Emergency Stop' ain't going to do much for you there!

Toilet flush.

[Art0ir]

Miserable fecker