Friday, October 19, 2012

Freefall from space: F’ing amazing


Freefall from space: F’ing amazing
The project is called the Red Bull Stratos with the skydiver Felix Baumgartner basically going into space and jumping down to Earth.  When you can actually see the curve of the planet, you in space.  It took him about ten minutes to reach the ground.  Yet, it took him 2 hours to reach that point in the sky. 
This is truly an amazing feat and shows the best of mankind. And, I love the fact Red Bull sponsored the event.
 This reminds me of the Space diving stuff in the Star Trek Films. Star Trek Generations was supposed to open with Captain Kirk doing a space dive to Earth, but it was deleted. Here's the scene...





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