January 2010
14 posts
Via Gizmodo:
“Baumgartner will join United States Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger as the only man to jump from near space altitude. Kittinger jumped on August 16, 1960, from the Excelsior III balloon, which at the time was flying at 102,800 feet—that’s 19.47 miles or 31 kilometers up in the sky.
In fact, his right glove failed in the descent, and his hand dilated to twice its size....
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