Looking more into it, the record appears to be broken in 2014 by Alan Eustace.
I completely missed that, damn.
Monsignor1979 on
That’s not flying…it’s falling with style.
deanomatronix on
There is no protocol of what to do in this situation….so I deployed the custom made device I had in my hand for this exact situation
F1reLi0n on
You want to do something completely crazy? Something extremely life threatening? You can count on Red Bull to sponsor it!
Agnocious_Moth on
Still remember watching this live on youtube
KillCall on
If he is in space and jumps then he should reach terminal velocity and start burning in the atmosphere. Like most meteorites. Wouldn’t he?
fourhundredthecat on
how much money was spent on this nonsense ?
this has absolutely no use for humanity, in contrast to NASA space program
This is just frivolous. Look how many engineers were employed.
millionpages on
2012… fuck, I’m old. But still, what a crazy guy. Had goosebumps back then and this video gave me goosebumps again.
wantilles1138 on
Unfortunately, he’s a complete idiot.
Enough_Bear6999 on
Militaries all over the world – ‘Hmmm?’
Azzapazza2020 on
I wonder if there’s a military application here. Send a commando team up and float until the earth rotates enough and drop in anywhere in the world. I’m sure it’s way more complicated than that
Mal-De-Terre on
So… uhhh… what use is the emergency stop button on the outside of the gondola?
Nambsul on
What helped get him back to earth… gravity… the gravity on those BIG STEEL BALLS. Would have been very scary
CantAffordzUsername on
If I remember correctly, Redbull withheld 99% of its footage so when the world news reported on it, they only had a few shots, but you couldn’t view the full jump anywhere for a long time.
Finally after what must have been a year…it was finally on YouTube, by then…no one cared.
Terrible move by PR, killed the hype and cool achievements this guy did
OregonBlues on
We flat earthers have members around the globe!
Monkfich on
Time to google what flat earthers thought of it…
Done. They say it’s not curved (of course), and that any curve is down to fisheye lenses… despite everything else in shot not being curved… of course.
Splitter- on
Nah it was from like 2020. Wasn’t it?!?!11! Right?! Haha right guys?!! Haha
Sufficient-Eye-2419 on
The whole event was actually a big Red Bull ad. I think it was broadcasted all over the world, don’t remember bigger worldwide hype around some even since. And two years later, a VP from Google, Alan Eustace, broke the record for 2.5 km without anyone knowing it. It was just a news one morning.
Today, 90% people still think Felix is holding the record.
NYP33 on
The immediate and constant flow of shit would cover my helmet lens and I wouldn’t be able to see anything.
tiltberger on
The guy is a right wing conspiracy fan and has very nasty comments about feminism etc. lets say people are not a fan of him after covid
Such-Molasses-5995 on
About 30 thousand Meters
innercosmicexplorer on
Its slightly underwhelming when you know the guy who guided him down did the same thing in like the sixties or something with drastically inferior equipment. Everyone mentions felix without the other guy.
bonkerz1888 on
Remember being sat there watching it in morbid curiosity that something would go tragically wrong.
yogi1090 on
Imagine if he started orbiting earth.
rararamen604 on
How did he equalize pressure in his head? Is it built into the suit? My ears hurt just watching.
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Wow. Why?
wow this is absolutely breath taking
Looking more into it, the record appears to be broken in 2014 by Alan Eustace.
I completely missed that, damn.
That’s not flying…it’s falling with style.
There is no protocol of what to do in this situation….so I deployed the custom made device I had in my hand for this exact situation
You want to do something completely crazy? Something extremely life threatening? You can count on Red Bull to sponsor it!
Still remember watching this live on youtube
If he is in space and jumps then he should reach terminal velocity and start burning in the atmosphere. Like most meteorites. Wouldn’t he?
how much money was spent on this nonsense ?
this has absolutely no use for humanity, in contrast to NASA space program
This is just frivolous. Look how many engineers were employed.
2012… fuck, I’m old. But still, what a crazy guy. Had goosebumps back then and this video gave me goosebumps again.
Unfortunately, he’s a complete idiot.
Militaries all over the world – ‘Hmmm?’
I wonder if there’s a military application here. Send a commando team up and float until the earth rotates enough and drop in anywhere in the world. I’m sure it’s way more complicated than that
So… uhhh… what use is the emergency stop button on the outside of the gondola?
What helped get him back to earth… gravity… the gravity on those BIG STEEL BALLS. Would have been very scary
If I remember correctly, Redbull withheld 99% of its footage so when the world news reported on it, they only had a few shots, but you couldn’t view the full jump anywhere for a long time.
Finally after what must have been a year…it was finally on YouTube, by then…no one cared.
Terrible move by PR, killed the hype and cool achievements this guy did
We flat earthers have members around the globe!
Time to google what flat earthers thought of it…
Done. They say it’s not curved (of course), and that any curve is down to fisheye lenses… despite everything else in shot not being curved… of course.
Nah it was from like 2020. Wasn’t it?!?!11! Right?! Haha right guys?!! Haha
The whole event was actually a big Red Bull ad. I think it was broadcasted all over the world, don’t remember bigger worldwide hype around some even since. And two years later, a VP from Google, Alan Eustace, broke the record for 2.5 km without anyone knowing it. It was just a news one morning.
Today, 90% people still think Felix is holding the record.
The immediate and constant flow of shit would cover my helmet lens and I wouldn’t be able to see anything.
The guy is a right wing conspiracy fan and has very nasty comments about feminism etc. lets say people are not a fan of him after covid
About 30 thousand Meters
Its slightly underwhelming when you know the guy who guided him down did the same thing in like the sixties or something with drastically inferior equipment. Everyone mentions felix without the other guy.
Remember being sat there watching it in morbid curiosity that something would go tragically wrong.
Imagine if he started orbiting earth.
How did he equalize pressure in his head? Is it built into the suit? My ears hurt just watching.