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AkagiyamaMissile  4 stars
Title: Lord of the Lactose Intolerant
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Registered: 2003-4-22 07:39:44
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0316/Skydiver-falls-from-stratosphere-in-preparation-for-space-jump



 

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Nestor_II  1 star
Title: I Would Walk 500 Miles
Posts: 160
Registered: 2002-1-31 07:03:29
And that was just a test jump, the real high jump will take place later and that will be over 100,000ft up.

 

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Stormyblade  3 stars
Posts: 550
Registered: 2001-12-20 03:22:54
"He plummeted to Earth in a freefall that lasted three minutes and 43 seconds, reaching a top speed of 364 mph (586 kph). Baumgartner deployed his parachute at 7,890 feet (2,405 m) and eventually landed safely about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Roswell, N.M., project officials said."


Hmmm, so all those Hollywood movies where people are falling from the sky for a few to several minutes are all just "made for movie" B.S.??

 

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Brandun  4 stars
Posts: 1,834
Registered: 2002-1-23 10:11:50
He plummeted to Earth in a freefall that lasted three minutes and 43 seconds, reaching a top speed of 364 mph (586 kph). Baumgartner deployed his parachute at 7,890 feet (2,405 m) and eventually landed safely about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Roswell, N.M., project officials said.


wow... that's crazy

 

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aon_mixed  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-8-19 07:30:30
he didnt fall to earth, his giant balls pulled the earth to him

 

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-Foxy-  5 stars
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Registered: 2002-5-29 21:46:17
364 mph??

i would have thought that alone would have rendered him unconscious in the least, dead in the most.

 

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Hiakisha  2 stars
Title: Newbcakes
Posts: 337
Registered: 2003-8-5 18:25:36
burning up in the atmosphere

 

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Sith_Mauler  4 stars
Posts: 1,851
Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
do they hang low
do they swing too and fro?
then you have big balls.
adrenaline junkies.

its a great high, I have only experienced it a couple times in my life and I am too chicken to relive those events, to recreate the experience.

 

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Hawkson  4 stars
Title: I AM AN ASSASSIN (SHH)
Posts: 1,791
Registered: 2001-10-23 22:57:09
-Foxy- posted:

364 mph??

i would have thought that alone would have rendered him unconscious in the least, dead in the most.



He's got a nifty, high-tech, expensive pressure suit to prevent that.

 

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