"Porsche924GTR" (porsche924gtr)
10/26/2014 at 23:01 • Filed to: Foxtrot Alpha
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"Porsche924GTR" (porsche924gtr)
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Dr. Alan Eustace, Sr.VP of Knowledge at Google successfully survived completed a 135,908' free-fall and seemingly no one noticed or cared.
There are several things that make this so...unusual. Besides jumping from the edge of space.
1.) No fanfare or media coverage. Only a tweet afterwards, "A !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! executive, Alan Eustace, now has highest free-fall parachute jump record: 136,362 ft. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! piece shortly." from New York Times Science.
2.) He did not ride a capsule or even a basket. He was suspended from a balloon in what basically amounts to a space suit. The trip up took 2 hours, the fall took 15 minutes. He reached speed in excess of 800 mph.
3.) This was self-funded. There was no massive funding by a retail sponsor like. He hired Paragon Space Development Corporation to design the suit.
GoPro video should be coming soon. But for now, you get this:
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whoarder is tellurium
> Porsche924GTR
10/26/2014 at 23:16 |
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No swag points, no moment of out of control free fall, no energy drink sponsorship. I guess this calls for a rematch or somethnig...
DoYouEvenShift
> Porsche924GTR
10/26/2014 at 23:17 |
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I cant wait to see the vid. I imagine the ride up alone was incredible. Then theres the fall!
You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Porsche924GTR
10/27/2014 at 09:09 |
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I giggled at the landing. The fist pump is priceless.