he stepped off of that platform like I cross the threshold of my front door!!

That was cool. Good to see that there's still some adventure left in our world.

anybody find a video on youtube? no joy for me.

Awsome

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That was really great!

To be honest I was quite surprised how flustered the fellow calling commands was in the critical moments. I'm not saying I would do any better, though!

If you mean Kittinger, he's the previous record holder and is now 84 years old and knows the degree of danger involved. I was nervous just watching.

Joe Kittinger | Red Bull Stratos

does anyone know what happened to the capsule ??

It has a recovery parachute and returned to earth shortly after Baumgartner

They just posted the speed on facebook.


833 mph

Mach 1.24

How hot did his suit get?

My inner thighs would be a warm and gushy 98.6 due to poo rolling down them!

I want to see his chest camera footage when he was spinning. How he lived is a miracle.

No kidding... I don't think most pilots could have brought a plane out of a flat spin like that.... I thought for sure he was a gonner....

I am sure redbull will be putting out a pretty stellar video on this.

Was it just me but when stepped off, it looked like he was shot out of a cannon.

Gravity is a *****, and the air is mighty thin up there........

Another interesting fact. The man suffers from - claustrophobia!

I would have thought, when interviewing for that job, THAT just might have been a job killer? Apparently not?

A feed I watched talked about how during training, he walked away for several weeks, apparently to reconsider and evaluate his own ability.

That was similar to watching the first step on the moon for me. Loved it!

PS - As he stood on the platform he made a statement that seemed garbled to me and I could not understand. The only part I got was at the end; "I'm coming home now." Does anyone know where we can read his entire statement?

He said...you have to be very high to realize how small you are.

Man I learned that as a teenager.

Chest cam footage here.

Watch full screen.

First-person footage from Felix Baumgartner's space jump will make your head spin

couple of questions:

how did they figure out where he was going to land?

and how much effen REDBULL are we drinking nowdays?