Comments on: Highlights of the Felix Baumgartner Red Bull Stratos "free-fall from space" http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 00:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: hinten http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557523 hinten Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557523 I have never seen a more commercialized, made for TV, commercially sponsored little event. The next moon landing will happen under Golden Arches. I have never seen a more commercialized, made for TV, commercially sponsored little event.
The next moon landing will happen under Golden Arches.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557437 ocker3 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557437  They really didn't do a good job of showcasing when he broke the sound barrier, I mean surely they had some kind of device monitoring it in real time, or at least a mockup with an approximation? You'd think Red Bull would have some better editors on staff!  They really didn’t do a good job of showcasing when he broke the sound barrier, I mean surely they had some kind of device monitoring it in real time, or at least a mockup with an approximation? You’d think Red Bull would have some better editors on staff!

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557436 ocker3 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557436  It's the obvious result of a fanatical devotion to lower taxes  It’s the obvious result of a fanatical devotion to lower taxes

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557374 Michael Smith Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557374 How much drag qualifies you for a free fall record? Maybe he could have used a wing suit. How much drag qualifies you for a free fall record? Maybe he could have used a wing suit.

]]> By: tsol http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557327 tsol Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557327 Damn those evil corporations!  Damn those evil corporations! 

]]> By: tsol http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557325 tsol Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557325 Were you impressed by Boeing/Lockheed Martin's Curiosity Rover? Were you impressed by Boeing/Lockheed Martin’s Curiosity Rover?

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557300 Nicky G Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557300 That would have likely led to a very different outcome for Felix. I think the fact that he surpassed Mach by a decent margin made it essentially impossible for him to simultaneously get the longest freefall record from the height at which he jumped. Three out of four is better than SPLAT. That would have likely led to a very different outcome for Felix. I think the fact that he surpassed Mach by a decent margin made it essentially impossible for him to simultaneously get the longest freefall record from the height at which he jumped. Three out of four is better than SPLAT.

]]> By: Alex Rudnick http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557282 Alex Rudnick Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557282 Y'know, NASA is not the national space program for foreigner-Americans. Y’know, NASA is not the national space program for foreigner-Americans.

]]> By: Zack Garner http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557218 Zack Garner Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557218 wish the dude had hung in there another 20 seconds and set record for longest ever free fall. come. on. wish the dude had hung in there another 20 seconds and set record for longest ever free fall. come. on.

]]> By: MollyMaguire http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1557184 MollyMaguire Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1557184 Dude! I wasn't sure if this was a bitchin achievement until I heard the kickin tunes and saw the Red Bull sponsorship. Thanks brah! The thing is, James Cameron should have been the one jumping so that he could claim the greatest elevation relief of any human being. Dude! I wasn’t sure if this was a bitchin achievement until I heard the kickin tunes and saw the Red Bull sponsorship. Thanks brah!

The thing is, James Cameron should have been the one jumping so that he could claim the greatest elevation relief of any human being.

]]> By: Anon_Mahna http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556983 Anon_Mahna Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556983 "Let the button hit mute, Let the button hit mute, Let the button hit muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!" “Let the button hit mute,
Let the button hit mute,
Let the button hit muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!”

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556921 Matthew Petty Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556921 Yes, I was very impressed by the Red Bull STEREO probes' images of a large prominence erupting from the Sun, and of course we were all fascinated by the Red Bull Rover's landing on Mars. Yes, I was very impressed by the Red Bull STEREO probes’ images of a large prominence erupting from the Sun, and of course we were all fascinated by the Red Bull Rover’s landing on Mars.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556917 EH Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556917 Also, turn off annotations. Also, turn off annotations.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556889 Brainspore Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556889 I kind of wish they just made a prank video where he steps outside the capsule and then just kind of floats off into space instead of falling down. I kind of wish they just made a prank video where he steps outside the capsule and then just kind of floats off into space instead of falling down.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556881 awjt Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556881 Two rules: hit mute, and never, NEVER read YouTube comments! Two rules: hit mute, and never, NEVER read YouTube comments!

]]> By: Richard Lindsay http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556877 Richard Lindsay Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556877 There must be some kind of internet principle to describe or otherwise quantify some of the awful musical choices made by YouTube video creators. There must be some kind of internet principle to describe or otherwise quantify some of the awful musical choices made by YouTube video creators.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556869 Boundegar Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556869 I wanna go! I wanna go!

]]> By: jkg http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556857 jkg Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556857 just sayin'... just sayin’…

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comment-1556852 welcomeabored Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=187528#comment-1556852 We were watching it yesterday, outdoors at a flea market.  Not as exciting as watching Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon, but pretty fucking amazing.  Talk about a 'high'.  We were watching it yesterday, outdoors at a flea market.  Not as exciting as watching Neil Armstrong’s first walk on the moon, but pretty fucking amazing.  Talk about a ‘high’. 

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