Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Remember Joe Kittinger?

Of course not!  You never heard of him.  I found out about him years ago because I wanted to know what would happen if a person hit a net at terminal velocity.  Well, he jumped to Earth from a weather balloon at 102,800 feet.  That's almost 19.5 miles.

Well Felix Baumgartner is out to break that record, and he just jumped from 18 miles.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2178943/Felix-Baumgartner-Skydiver-Fearless-Felix-leaps-18-MILES-Earth.html

I'll post what there is when he does break the record when it comes up, provided I haven't been nuked yet.