Bad Astronomy -
15 Oct 2013 22:27
Last year, daredevil Felix Baumgartner, sponsored by Red Bull, took a balloon up to a height of 39 kilometers (24 miles) and jumped out. Protected by a pressure suit, he quickly reached a speed of over 1300 km/hr (840 miles/hr). He fell for nine minutes before reaching the ground. Snippets of the video from his helmetcam had been released before, but now the entire jump from start to finish has been posted: Pretty interesting, and rather heart-pounding (as witnessed by Baumgartner's heart rate g...
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