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That was pretty freakin’ cool. 
Go Felix, and GO SCIENCE.
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That was pretty freakin’ cool. 

Go Felix, and GO SCIENCE.

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    • #i know yolo is annoying but I couldn't resist
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Monday, 8th of October, 2012 ~ 6:00am MDT
Felix Baumgartner - The first human jump from the edge of Space will attempt to break the speed of sound in freefall (2012)

Now why would you want to jump out of a perfectly good space balloon? I guess maybe his balls are so big that they were weighing it down.
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Monday, 8th of October, 2012 ~ 6:00am MDT
Felix Baumgartner - The first human jump from the edge of Space will attempt to break the speed of sound in freefall (2012)

Now why would you want to jump out of a perfectly good space balloon? I guess maybe his balls are so big that they were weighing it down.
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Monday, 8th of October, 2012 ~ 6:00am MDT

Felix Baumgartner - The first human jump from the edge of Space will attempt to break the speed of sound in freefall (2012)

Now why would you want to jump out of a perfectly good space balloon? I guess maybe his balls are so big that they were weighing it down.

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    • #Space
    • #speed of sound
    • #supersonic
    • #freefall
    • #Red Bull Stratos
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Felix Baumgartner’s Test Jump from approximately 71,580 feet - Red Bull Stratos

Watching videos from the Red Bull Stratos project is like the home movies of the most baller, thousand-yard-stare family you’ve ever seen. These dudes are intense, as is the engineering that goes into a project designed to help a man survive a 22.7 mile trip from the edge of space using only a parachute.

Check out this awesome shot from the doorway of the unknown via NPR and Time Lightbox.

It’s time to leave the capsule, if you dare …

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