Did you see the press conference ? When asked about that, he said that with the suit pressurized, there was no feeling whatsoever. He said that made it especially difficult to correct himself when tumbling as he could not feel the air around him.
Exactly, He also said he had no idea how fast he was going or when he broke the sound barrier as the suit cancelled all that out. That really sucks that he didn't get to experience everything like he would have liked.
4x higher and we can start testing human re-entry from Low Earth Orbit.
Damm! I don't have tv on my tractor, so I didn't see it.
Dude is badass!
Dude is badass!
Awesome. I can't imagine seeing that much of the Earth like that.
Steve Fossett has to be cheering from the beyond.
Steve Fossett has to be cheering from the beyond.
This was lame.
I want to see someone throw a baseball from the ISS towards earth and race it down.
No, seriously, Felix has some huge balls and I'm glad he landed safely.
I want to see someone throw a baseball from the ISS towards earth and race it down.
No, seriously, Felix has some huge balls and I'm glad he landed safely.
I wonder when how long it's going to take red bull to use this event for a you know coming commercial! I am a big red bull drinker so I guess I funded some of this event. Great accomplishment.
Same here. Some days that I have to work in the city and get "road coffee", I add Red Bull to it.
