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>> ^messenger:

dead again


Thank you! Fixed.

You also get a fun surprise when you open your parachute ...
>> ^quantumushroom:

Breaking the sound barrier creates a lag between pooping your pantaloons and hearing it.

In reply to this comment by MonkeySpank:
That's 1000Kph for Felix; I think you have a typo in your video description for the Space Jump.

All the best!


D'oh! thanks, fixed.

That's 1000Kph for Felix; I think you have a typo in your video description for the Space Jump.

All the best!

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

So many cynical people in this thread. Stop being such miserable bastards and just enjoy something


NO FUCK THAT. I'm not putting up with being told what I should and shouldn't be enamored of. Now I'm going to go watch Firefly and have a good cry!

My guy has a parachute, an oxygen mask guess yours forgot to strap his on after he took off his spacesuit.

He also used the friction of the air to warm up nice and toasty.

>> ^chingalera:

>> ^Gutspiller:
A real man would do this without a spacesuit.

That real man would hit the ground limp with rock-solid, defrosting balls and quite the story to tell after his coma!

The article I read had completely wrong information. They said he was just under 760 and that he didn't break it. Stupid wrong news people...rabble rabble rabble!!>> ^mrsid:

He officially reached mach 1.24 (833.9 mph)...
>> ^Stu:
It would have been better if he had actually broken the sound barrier...but he didn't. If it was hand grenades or horse shoes the almost would have counted.

He officially reached mach 1.24 (833.9 mph)...

>> ^Stu:

It would have been better if he had actually broken the sound barrier...but he didn't. If it was hand grenades or horse shoes the almost would have counted.

>> ^Mauru:

Seems like the core of the question is if human achievement requires branding.

No, but it does require money. This was not a cheap endeavour and sponsorship is one of the more reliable ways of paying for it.

>> ^Mauru:

I wonder- has anyone ever checked if any of those (max speed, max height, ...) actually carry the brand-name they were achieved under with it?
Is it like the redbull height record or the virgin speed record? The malboro weather balloon?


The records themselves (outside of being catalogued by Guinness) are not branded. I assume the apparatus used to break the record is mentioned.

>> ^Gutspiller:

A real man would do this without a spacesuit.


That real man would hit the ground limp with rock-solid, defrosting balls and quite the story to tell after his coma!

In reply to this comment by Hybrid:
A stupid advertising gimmick? A marketing activity? Except for the fact that everybody who has tried the record since Kittinger in 1960 has died attempting it...

Not really sure I can agree with the sceptics on this one.

*quality.


Thanks man

>> ^joedirt:
It isn't science or new or even interesting. It's been done and proven. USAF did exactly this in 1960. This just added a few hundred feet to their altitude.


A few hundred feet? Try an extra 30000.

>> ^kymbos:

To me, it's like those hotwheels loop-de-loop videos, except less visually arresting. Even with those you can get some 'Science!' out of it, but it's still a marketing activity.

Less visually interesting? Are you on crack? Look at that view. I would kill for the opportunity to do something like this.

I don't really believe there's an awful lot of science going on, but that's fine, it's not really about science.

Personally, if this is how Red Bull want to spend their marketing dollars, I say good on them. They sponsor a lot of cool and interesting stuff around the globe. I'm still not buying their product, but it's a lot better than being told that red bull gives you wings.

>> ^Deano:

>> ^kymbos:
Am I the only person who does not give a shit?

It's a human being doing something incredible and breaking boundaries. Isn't that worth something?
What if this had happened before the Columbia disaster and the data about how you can bail out in the upper atmosphere had been used to save those lives (i.e they bailed out just before the ship tore apart)?
I think it's a wonderful and worthy stunt and funded out of all those Red Bull drinks


No, it's a stupid advertising gimmick. It isn't science or new or even interesting. It's been done and proven. USAF did exactly this in 1960. This just added a few hundred feet to their altitude. Russian probably did it sooner.

So no it's not a human breaking any boundaries or any thing novel. It is just advertising paid for by product sales. No different from a TV commercial expect it tricked you into talking about their product.

Lose the parachute too. Squirrel suit only. >> ^Gutspiller:

A real man would do this without a spacesuit.