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    Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

    Came across this while trolling the interwebs... This is the first Red Bull publicity stunt in awhile that might actually be worth watching. Guy is going to spend 3 hours riding up in a balloon to 120,000 feet, jump out, free fall for 5 and a half minutes, break the sound barrier, then attempt to walk away.

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    Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

    Originally posted by FueledByRamen View Post
    Came across this while trolling the interwebs... This is the first Red Bull publicity stunt in awhile that might actually be worth watching. Guy is going to spend 3 hours riding up in a balloon to 120,000 feet, jump out, free fall for 5 and a half minutes, break the sound barrier, then attempt to walk away.

    Red Bull Stratos Project

    I'm kinda liking our new privatized "space program"
    Can one nominate a jumper?

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      Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

      Didn't they try this before and the balloon popped before they took off? Or was that guy just trying to break the record for highest altitude achieved in a hot air balloon?
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        Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
        Didn't they try this before and the balloon popped before they took off? Or was that guy just trying to break the record for highest altitude achieved in a hot air balloon?
        That was balloon boy.

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          Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

          Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
          Didn't they try this before and the balloon popped before they took off? Or was that guy just trying to break the record for highest altitude achieved in a hot air balloon?
          red bull or NASA?

          NASA has done this before. Kind of a proof of concept that you could survive a jump from very high altitude if something went that wrong.

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            Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

            Originally posted by alfablue View Post
            red bull or NASA?

            NASA has done this before. Kind of a proof of concept that you could survive a jump from very high altitude if something went that wrong.
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              Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

              I'll only be impressed if he pulls it off without a chute.
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                Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

                Originally posted by bigblue_dl View Post
                I'll only be impressed if he pulls it off without a chute.
                Please, Chuck Norris would be ****ed off if anybody tried to copy how he killed off the Dinosaurs.
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                  Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

                  Originally posted by bigmrg74 View Post
                  Please, Chuck Norris would be ****ed off if anybody tried to copy how he killed off the Dinosaurs.
                  Energy drink companies know better than to F-*-*-* (EDIT: you have to put dashes in there now?!?!?!) with Chuck.

                  A parachute will be involved. (And if not... YouTube fame!)
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                    Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

                    A bungee cord would be cooler.

                    Hopefully he does not reach "terminal velocity."
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                      Re: Skydiving from 120,000 feet... Seriously.

                      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                      A bungee cord would be cooler.

                      Hopefully he does not reach "terminal velocity."
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                      Originally posted by solovsfett
                      To you I say 73, 77, 81, 83, 90, 06. Eat it.
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