Red Bull Space Jump...he reached 833.9 mph....MACH 1.24!!!!

[Army of One]

Okay lets leave the technicalities on the side, they are amazing , and nobody doubts that Baumgartner has elephantitis but....
Why was his jump so amazing?
He sat in a capsule, dropped from door at 30k feet, pulled a string which opened his parachute and that's it, how is that amazing, I fact I would say there are thousands of people that "could" do the same.

Somebody freediving 100 meters on a single breath of air is amazing, the stratos fall was a massively hyped advertisement.

Shall I sign you up for a 135,000 feet jump to beat it?

[JasonH]

why did he need the parachute to take him up..............thought red bull gives you wings.

Lol! 

[Moen]

Videos?

[crownshep]

Well,there is this ......


One tiny error could have resulted in his blood boiling and his brain exploding


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[Moen]

Apparently, Stark isn't too well versed in physics 

[crownshep]

Videos?

Video at the bottom of the pics


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[Coach is Back!]

why did he need the parachute to take him up..............thought red bull gives you wings.

LOL

[el numero uno]

hell yeah!!

[Stark]

Wow lot of Baumgartner fan boys here, listen as usually I need to spell things out for you semi retarded meat heads.
It's not amazing if somebody jumps out of a balloon, it would be amazing if he would have reached that hightail on a flying carpet. But all he did was to lazily drop of the side of a shiny capsule and 10 min later human kind is patting then self on the back for a job well done.

[Stark]

Well,there is this ......


One tiny error could have resulted in his blood boiling and his brain exploding


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Come on

[HTexan]

Okay lets leave the technicalities on the side, they are amazing , and nobody doubts that Baumgartner has elephantitis but....
Why was his jump so amazing?
He sat in a capsule, dropped from door at 30k feet, pulled a string which opened his parachute and that's it, how is that amazing, I fact I would say there are thousands of people that "could" do the same.

Somebody freediving 100 meters on a single breath of air is amazing, the stratos fall was a massively hyped advertisement.

because so much can go wrong only a crazy person would try it. People are entertained by crazy people.

[Jadeveon Clowney]

another failed thread brought to you by the great stark.

[Stark]

because so much can go wrong only a crazy person would try it. People are entertained by crazy people.

Entertaining than, yes I fully agree, but it wasn't amazing - the mars landing was amazing tho

[Rami]

Entertaining than, yes I fully agree, but it wasn't amazing - the mars landing was amazing tho

this was also mainly an engineering feat, but it also takes a strong mind not to psyche yourself out during the long way up.

[arce1988]

  Dude is awesome.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Balls of steel this guy

[arce1988]

  He is awesome. Awesome.

[nycwit]

Okay lets leave the technicalities on the side, they are amazing , and nobody doubts that Baumgartner has elephantitis but....
Why was his jump so amazing?
He sat in a capsule, dropped from door at 30k feet, pulled a string which opened his parachute and that's it, how is that amazing, I fact I would say there are thousands of people that "could" do the same.

Somebody freediving 100 meters on a single breath of air is amazing, the stratos fall was a massively hyped advertisement.

YOU SIR ARE A FUCKIN IDIOT
LETS SEE YOU GO UP THERE AND TRY IT
I DON'T SEE PEOPLE LINING UP TO TRY THIS JUMP
IF EVEN A SLIGHT THING WENT WRONG, HE'S A DEAD MAN

[Irongrip400]

  Dude is awesome.

No shit, dude rides a balloon up into space and then bails, Wyle E Coyote style. Fucking getbigger for sure.

[kh300]

Okay lets leave the technicalities on the side, they are amazing , and nobody doubts that Baumgartner has elephantitis but....
Why was his jump so amazing?
He sat in a capsule, dropped from door at 30k feet, pulled a string which opened his parachute and that's it, how is that amazing, I fact I would say there are thousands of people that "could" do the same.

Somebody freediving 100 meters on a single breath of air is amazing, the stratos fall was a massively hyped advertisement.

Its only amazing if you want it to be

[_bruce_]

It was part hype, part awesome.
People yearn for "big" things - I give huge props to jumpo and RedBull.

[doison]

Okay lets leave the technicalities on the side, they are amazing , and nobody doubts that Baumgartner has elephantitis but....
Why was his jump so amazing?
He sat in a capsule, dropped from door at 30k feet, pulled a string which opened his parachute and that's it, how is that amazing, I fact I would say there are thousands of people that "could" do the same.

Somebody freediving 100 meters on a single breath of air is amazing, the stratos fall was a massively hyped advertisement.

His elephant is inflamed?

[Wiggs]

Modern day humans are amazed by mediocrity.
While his feat is impressive, its not amazing. I agree with Herr Nico.

[nefario]

Some unofficial stats -

Exit altitude: 128,100ft

Freefall time 4 minutes 20 seconds

Freefall distance 119,846ft

Velocity 373metres per second or 833.9mph => Mach 1.24

[Jadeveon Clowney]

Modern day humans are amazed by mediocrity.
While his feat is impressive, its not amazing. I agree with Herr Nico.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Milton Vagrant.