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"At a news conference, Brian Utley of the International Federation of Sports Aviation said Baumgartner reached a maximum speed of 833.9 mph during his jump Sunday over the New Mexico desert. That amounts to Mach 1.24, which is faster than the speed of sound. No one has ever reached that speed wearing only a high-tech suit."

10/14/2012 7:09:31 PM

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"HIGH TECH SUIT"

10/14/2012 7:44:28 PM

10/14/2012 8:22:51 PM

lol

10/14/2012 8:26:39 PM

A+++++++

10/14/2012 8:30:14 PM

I like that

10/14/2012 8:35:51 PM

10/14/2012 8:43:35 PM

Next I want to see someone go down 7 or 8 thousand feet under water and surface as fast as they can, that would require some actual new technology

10/14/2012 9:04:45 PM

blackness of space >> blackness of depth

10/14/2012 9:06:31 PM

and blackness of chris crawford >> blackness of space

10/14/2012 9:20:36 PM

i usually hate cat shit but that was hilarious

10/14/2012 9:32:57 PM

dammit

10/15/2012 2:31:40 AM

10/15/2012 3:38:58 AM

You do know that that shock cone is rare and doesn't happen every time something goes faster than sound?

10/15/2012 7:29:55 AM

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""Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are,""

True on several levels

10/15/2012 11:01:24 AM

1960-vs-2012

Zenith tv sales through the roof this Black Friday.

10/15/2012 12:04:32 PM

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After talking about the jump in the office, I showed this to a coworker and his reply was "THAT'S CRUELTY TO ANIMALS!!!!"

10/15/2012 12:34:31 PM

what was he 90?

10/15/2012 12:48:15 PM

65

10/15/2012 12:51:55 PM

I can't believe no one noticed that cat sneaking into the capsule before launch.

10/15/2012 12:58:54 PM

When it comes to calling it the "edge of space" it is a bit misleading as the international boundary for space is 100km (roughly 62 miles high or approximately 328,000ft in altitude). With that said this is an incredible feat none the less. Space Ship One featured the only private pilot to receive astronaut wings when that craft approached 360,000 ft.

10/15/2012 1:36:29 PM

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10/15/2012 1:42:51 PM

10/15/2012 1:50:55 PM

10/15/2012 3:27:54 PM

^ no way

10/15/2012 3:31:20 PM

What do you expect? its MSNBC

10/15/2012 3:34:06 PM

He was hauling ass. Fearless Felix, the first person to go Max Warp.

10/15/2012 3:36:26 PM

It's a photon! It's an electron! No, It's Fearless Felix!!

10/15/2012 3:40:46 PM

Felix the time traveler!

10/15/2012 3:45:10 PM

10/15/2012 3:45:14 PM

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"When it comes to calling it the "edge of space" it is a bit misleading as the international boundary for space is 100km (roughly 62 miles high or approximately 328,000ft in altitude). With that said this is an incredible feat none the less. Space Ship One featured the only private pilot to receive astronaut wings when that craft approached 360,000 ft. "

If you can see the curvature of the earth as you step out of your space capsule, I'd say you're pretty much on the edge of space

10/15/2012 6:21:18 PM

You can see the curvature of the earth at sea level.

Also, the wide angle lens made it look higher than it was. This is a more accurate view.

10/15/2012 6:38:31 PM

^ Except not at all because that photo is taken at 71,580 feet during his first test jump back in March

10/15/2012 6:51:51 PM

OH SNAP IN YO FACE

10/15/2012 7:05:30 PM

10/15/2012 7:18:00 PM

^ He's a hater sometimes

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Where is this cat from? I recognize it, I need the original!

10/15/2012 11:13:17 PM

He's not hating.


He is pointing out that if you scaled the earth down to the size of a household globe, he'd only be 1 millimeter away before he jumps back to the globe.

10/15/2012 11:16:56 PM

^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veg63B8ofnQ

10/15/2012 11:20:40 PM

^ LOL! How come I haven't seen that before?

10/15/2012 11:44:11 PM

I saw it on Facebook a while back. It's inspired by the video discussed in this thread: message_topic.aspx?topic=620424.

10/15/2012 11:47:34 PM

^^^ Great thanks so much!

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10/15/2012 11:54:16 PM

When I read a few days ago that he would assume the delta position, I thought he would dive out of the balloon (like diving into a pool) and assume it immediately.

So, why didn't he do that? That would have avoided all that dangerous spinning. I wonder what speed he would have reached if he was in the delta position from the beginning.

10/16/2012 5:46:04 PM

The diving action would have started him tumbling. There is no air up there for resistance, so the goal is to bunny hop with as little motion as possible.

10/16/2012 5:55:19 PM