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wtf, that looks like a guy who's going camping with a parachute and a helmet o0
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Broodwurst
Germany1586 Posts
wtf, that looks like a guy who's going camping with a parachute and a helmet o0 | ||
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501TFX
Austria345 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:19 hootsushi wrote: I think they said somwhere around 50 Million Euro. 50 million euros to be a few days in the news on THE WHOLE PLANET .. RedBull has some crazy marketing strategies, and you can't deny, that this was nothing more than a marketing action. | ||
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Tachyon
Denmark146 Posts
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Broodwurst
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Proseat
Germany5113 Posts
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wunsun
Canada622 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:28 FeelTHeBluEZ wrote: 50 million euros to be a few days in the news on THE WHOLE PLANET .. RedBull has some crazy marketing strategies, and you can't deny, that this was nothing more than a marketing action. There is some research and data that comes out of this jump, but it is primarily a marketing strategy. | ||
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th3_great
United Kingdom429 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:28 Broodwurst wrote: wtf, that looks like a guy who's going camping with a parachute and a helmet o0 that was the previous record for highest skydive, set in 1960 by joseph kittinger, the guy who was giving felix the commands today. that jump was at 102,800 feet, 26,000 feet below todays jump. but pretty damn impressive considering it looks like hes jumping out of a leather basket | ||
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nBk
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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/WFMzU.png) Made me chuckle lol | ||
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Fumanchu
Canada669 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:37 th3_great wrote: that was the previous record for highest skydive, set in 1960 by joseph kittinger, the guy who was giving felix the commands today. that jump was at 102,800 feet, 26,000 feet below todays jump. but pretty damn impressive considering it looks like hes jumping out of a leather basket Hmmm, never heard of JK before today. Wonder how long it will take to forget felix. | ||
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Broodwurst
Germany1586 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:37 th3_great wrote: that was the previous record for highest skydive, set in 1960 by joseph kittinger, the guy who was giving felix the commands today. that jump was at 102,800 feet, 26,000 feet below todays jump. but pretty damn impressive considering it looks like hes jumping out of a leather basket yeah i know, it just looks so crazy when you compare it to todays jump :o | ||
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th3_great
United Kingdom429 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:42 Broodwurst wrote: yeah i know, it just looks so crazy when you compare it to todays jump :o its so open, i cant even imagine how cold it must've been | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
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heroyi
United States1064 Posts
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fiveop
Germany14 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:46 obesechicken13 wrote: When you go supersonic you start building up a wave of sound behind you no? Sound waves get closer. I thought that stuff was known to tear planes apart. How does a human survive? I'll venture a guess and say that he reaches super sonic speed in very low pressure regions. | ||
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Broodwurst
Germany1586 Posts
On October 15 2012 04:44 th3_great wrote: its so open, i cant even imagine how cold it must've been Tbh i don't know if I'd even be able to process thoughts like "cold" when being up there. I'd probably freeze to death while staring at earth and going "aaaaawww" edit: of course while shitting my pants like I'd eaten a whole country. | ||
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
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Grettin
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Proseat
Germany5113 Posts
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Catyoul
France2377 Posts
19.53 (12.53) Felix Baumgartner did break the sound barrier, a spokesman has just confirmed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9607604/Skydiver-Felix-Baumgartner-attempts-to-break-sound-barrier-live.html | ||
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Taekwon
United States8155 Posts
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