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Originally Posted by troutman
Dude needs to watch this:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...ilms/spacemen/
In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines. Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world, exploring the very limits of human physiology and human ingenuity in this lethal realm. |
Kittinger was boss, and since I'm quoting a troutman post his jump was also featured in the music video of Dayvan Cowboy by the Boards of Canada.