Oddball: 25 mile Parachute Jump Breaks World Record!

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Oct 25 2014

Google Executive’s Jump From Stratosphere, Breaks Previous 2 Year Old World Record:

via the New York Times:

Parachutist’s Record Fall: Over 25 Miles in 15 Minutes

“A Google executive has broken the sound barrier and set several skydiving records over the southern New Mexico desert after taking a leap from the edge of space.

Alan Eustace’s supersonic jump early Friday from a high-altitude, helium-filled balloon is part of a project by Paragon Space Development Corp. and its Stratospheric Explorer team. The goal is to develop a self-contained commercial spacesuit that would allow people to explore the stratosphere.

Eustace started his dive at 135,908 feet. He remained in freefall for about 4.5 minutes, hitting a top speed of 822 mph.”

~ Clearly this is Drop Pod research – or maybe that Google Executive wanted to see firsthand how accurate Google Earth is.

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