Felix Baumgartner's world record broken by Google senior VP Alan Eustace.

funny how red bull turned their jump into a multi year marketing ordeal whereas this guy sounds more like he woke up one morning and figured why not try it.
 
13189098:-emile- said:
goes to show how fucking crazy Red Bull's marketing is.
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Yeah but he also explicitly tried to keep it a secret. He probably could've gotten Google behind it and made it an even bigger deal.

Props to this guy, sounds like he did it in a much more simplified and badass way than Baumgartner
 
Fucking rich one-uppers.

Baumgartner's was better and more significant because it was first. There was virtually no uncertainty about it. Baumgartner was the guinea pig, once he proved 'jumps' from that altitude were possible it opened the door for other people to do it, particularly people like Eustace who could self-finance it.

To compare the two jumps is like comparing a (normal) climb of Everest today to the Tenzing/Hilary expedition - the groundwork has already been done. All you need to climb Everest today is a guide, an ascender, above average fitness, the kit and a good acclimatisation strategy; the pioneers needed all that and much more.
 
13189260:*DUMBCAN* said:
Baumgartner's was better and more significant because it was first. There was virtually no uncertainty about it. Baumgartner was the guinea pig, once he proved 'jumps' from that altitude were possible it opened the door for other people to do it, particularly people like Eustace who could self-finance it.
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no he wasnt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger

he jumped from 31km in 1960
 
What a boss... doing it just cause he wanted to. No publicity, no real attempt at making scene, just doing it cause he wanted to.
 
13189283:*DUMBCAN* said:
He was first to fall at those speeds. That was what I meant.
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you sound like a bitter red bull fan who is disappointed that some random guy pretty much one upped red bull.

I like the way it was done this time too. no fancy capsule to sit in.

if anything, this guy is the pioneer. He did the jump without the enormous support team, the fancy equipment and to top it all off, he went even higher.
 
13189283:*DUMBCAN* said:
He was first to fall at those speeds. That was what I meant.
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Kittinger fell over 600 mph. In 1960. That's pretty fast

in my books.

Read up on Project Excelsior and remember this was a time when guys were seeing if stuff was possible by designing and testing it themselves. No computer simulations.

No matter what you say, you will not be able to convince me that Baumgartner is in any way more of a pioneer than Kittinger.
 
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