Posted on 10/25/2014 11:23:49 AM PDT by prisoner6
Google senior vice president Alan Eustace just beat the world record for highest-altitude space jump, The New York Times reports.
A helium-filled balloon carried him 135,908 feet to nearly the top of the stratosphere — more than 25 miles — above the ground, before he cut himself loose and plunged toward the earth at speeds that peaked at more than 800 miles per hour.
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Poo pooing Baumgartner and forgetting Kittinger. He’s the one who deserves credit. The others know it will work, he didn’t.
I don’t care who does it, we have to have some way from
orbit in the event of emergency.
An insulated, ablative pod combined with a suit such
as this may be a step in the right direction.
...Kittinger. He’s the one who deserves credit.
Spot-on.
The focus being that I immediately observed a lib bent to the reporting of the 'secret, but record-breaking' jump by a Google executive.
Barf-able.
We’re really not arguing. I agree with you.
It’s just that Kittinger led an amazing life and he seems to be forgotten because some other guys went a few feet higher.
Not forgotten here. He was one of a long string of old-hats on the local radio station talking about their careers & achievements.
Great interview.
...and I didn’t take your comments as argumentative.
Though mine ‘were’ defensive, as I regretted not having more time to comment earlier.
What?
He is the FIRST person to travel faster than sound.
OK I was wrong
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