Sunday, October 14, 2012

Inside the Red Bull Stratos space capsule, Austrian BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner prepares for his historic 'spacedive' on October 14, 2012.
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"Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are." Those were the eloquent words of Felix Baumgartner after he made a 4-minute, 20-second freefall (from an altitude of 128,100 feet, or 39,045 meters) into the history books today. Mach 1.24... Good grief. I do believe that Baumgartner stated in an interview last week that he was planning to retire if he successfully pulled off this feat (which he obviously did). Baumgartner should retire—and wait to assist the next adventurer inspired by Baumgartner who wants to join an elite group of folks (including, on a grander scale, Neil Armstrong) that accomplished something few others in humanity have pulled off. That is all.

Austrian BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner is about to spacedive from an altitude of 128,100 feet on October 14, 2012.
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Austrian BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner leaps from the Red Bull Stratos space capsule to begin his 4-minute, 20-second freefall on October 14, 2012.
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Austrian BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner glides to the ground as he successfully completes his spacedive on October 14, 2012.
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