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Red Bull Stratos - Space Jump


Archangel Tyrael

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"Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more than 50 years. Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and make a record-breaking freefall jump in the attempt to become the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour), while delivering valuable data for medical and scientific advancement."

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Darn right it was insane. Id love to do that one day, maybe.......... probably not. lol'They are probably using the data gathered to make drop pods for our own version of ODST's

Actually that's not too far off. One of the primary purposes of doing this jump was to see if it would be a viable option for an emergency escape out of a space ship. In about 10 years companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic could be using a system like this as a kind of emergency eject from their spacecraft.

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