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Man set to jump from edge of space, live now.

UGLI baby said:
Whoa! Thought he was dead for a second when he was rag dolling.
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Me too. I wonder if the first thought that went through his head when he landed safely was, "I can't believe I'm still alive?"

He's made a couple of test dives from pretty high up before this one. Congrats to the lunatic.
 
TheSilencer1313 said:
This guy has a lot in common with building 7.
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Gameface said:
Won't breaking the sound barrier possibly cause him a lot of trauma? Fighter jets have that little needle extending from the nose to cause the shock wave to "miss" the rest of the aircraft.
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The shock waves are much smaller when there's almost no air.
 
One Brow said:
The shock waves are much smaller when there's almost no air.
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Yeah, I realized that while watching. They mentioned that he wouldn't be able to control his position until the air thickened up. Dude got to something around 750mph according to the numbers they were showing while he was going down! Really unbelievable. My kid was mesmerized and sat through about 30min of checks before the guy jumped out. When my wife got home he ran up and told her about it. I was surprised he was so into it.
 
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