Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Freefall | Red Bull Stratos | BBC Earth Science

[@BBCEarthScience]

If given the chance, would you take the leap? 👨‍🚀

[@davidelkins6992]

I'd be more inclined to go to the moon in a space capsule than go solo supersonic freefalling from such a height.

[@elite.executiveprotection]

I would die for a chance to do that jump! What an awesome view and an amazing team behind Felix. Personally I think that accomplishment was way better then going to the moon for the first time! Well done to Felix and his crew and to Redbull for making this happen!!!

[@johnnygreenshirt6215]

Yeah if there wasn't so many f****g adds watching this.

[@lardo444]

No way, too old.

[@marklittle9025]

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[@TheMilanMovies]

Jeez that was quite emotional to watch.. The fact that he regained control after he spun so much is mind-blowing!

[@fromnorway643]

Regaining control got easier as he fell into denser parts of the atmosphere because he could then use his arms and legs as "rudders."

[@eyemastervideo]

I remember seeing this and was impressed. I can't believe some people thought this was a somewhat easy jump, as if he's just slightly higher than other parachute jumps. This is very impressive and required a lot of thought and science!

[@firstlady3674]

Watched this a few times and it still hits me - so elated from pure happiness!

[@joemasserini]

The fact that we would drop one of our own from 128,000 ft just to see what happens is one of my favorite things about humans. It also has massive "Risky Dads" and "Humans Are Space Orcs" energy lol

[@Astro_Aladfar]

Seeing Joe being proud of Felix's achievement somehow brought me tears of happiness.

[@davidelkins6992]

Felix announcing, "I'm going home now" (13:02) as he steps into the unknown, still brings tears to my eyes, even after more than eleven years. Feix Baumgartner is an amazing man, a true Superman, and this is an amazing accomplishment for all those involved!

[@jaimecheshier9860]

ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING!!! HANDS DOWN THE MOST AMAZING & HEART STOPPING THING I'VE EVER SEEN!! WOW!!😳😱😵 IMAGINE HIS EXPERIENCE HOLY JESUS!!!

[@GermanGreetings]

I simply admire your courage, ''Felix Austria'' 🙄 And thank you so much for your personal comments to your experiances. When guys like Joe finally get tears and a shaky voice... my visor gets blury and foggy as well❣

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

FUN FACT:- FELIX BAUMGARTNER & ALAN EUSTACE JUMPED FROM ALTITUDES THAT ARE ALMOST AT THE SAME ALTITUDE AS THE BOOSTERS SEPARATING FROM THE ARTEMIS-1 SLS & SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLES ! ! !

[@lardo444]

I've seen this video many times, it never fails to fill my eyes with tears. WOW. The fact that the old guy at the helm (Joe Kittinger) was the first to do it is just fantastic. WOW!

[@Tonino_O]

That was absolutely amazing

[@Emdee5632]

His record breaking maximum altitude jump (39 km) was broken again two years later by Alan Eustace (41 km). Although you do need a full pressure suit, 40 km is not even halfway into whatever definition you are using for reaching space.

[@jojeanajaxon]

Isn't space like about 200 some odd miles up? Sorry i don't know kilometers. Maybe like 360 something km? I'm probably way off tho Forgive me, im american lol. 😄

[@fromnorway643]

@@jojeanajaxon The most common definition is 100 km or 62 miles, but it's worth noting that there isn't really any sharp boundary since the atmosphere just gets thinner and thinner until we call it space.

[@Emdee5632]

There is no exact altitude at which Earth's atmosphere ends. It goes on and on, becoming less and less dense. One might even consider the moon to be inside the atmosphere. But it's a pretty good vacuum up there. 100 km or 85 km altitude is indeed rather arbitrary to let "space" start. You can orbit Earth but atmospheric drag will be considerable. Below those altitudes it's a waste of fuel and you're heating up too much I think, at almost 8 km/s or almost 5 miles a second. By the way one English mile = 1.609344 km.

[@snakeman7999]

Beautiful

[@davidelkins6992]

Perfect summation.

[@abagatelle]

Felix has "The Right Stuff" in spades

[@jojeanajaxon]

This is the stuff of dreams and nightmares. Personally for me....nightmares lol.

[@tmelinoe]

Yeah, this is more effective than any horror fiction could possibly ever be for me lol

[@idlehands1111111111]

The real Buzz Lightyear. To infinite and beyond!

[@anowarhossain1229]

what an adventure , looks like terrific

[@RSTI191]

I'd love to try this..

[@jms5752]

What ever became of the legendary Texas base jumper Tracey Lee Walker, who taught Felix how to base jump and mentored him for so many years? It's so sad. It would have been great to see him watch his former student achieve such greatness!

[@jasminejohnson2182]

The way I would’ve barfed in my helmet when he started spinning 🫨

[@tigerlily48]

I did skydiving long time ago it was fun

[@AndrewHillis_2024]

FELIX & ALAN JUMPED FROM ALTITUDES ABOVE THE DENSER PARTS OF THE ATMOSPHERE BUT DO THESE JUMPS REALLY QUALIFY AS TRUE 'SPACE JUMPS' WHICH ARE WELL BELOW THE 'VON KARMAN LINE' ? ? ?

[@sailorman8668]

Of course they are not 'space jumps'. And with regards to the point at which 'space' is officially recognised as starting, it's known as the Karman line, NOT the Von Karman line.

[@kennygrande9478]

Just watch Drop Zone w Wesley to get a glimps at how hard it is just to jump at Simi normal altitudes.

[@graniteiii]

Made in Worcester, Massachusetts 🇺🇸 By the David Clark company 🚀

[@dogwalker666]

Do you pronounce that like the original Worcester?

[@Vpzoe]

1960 - Col. (Ret.) Joe Kittinger

[@Watch_disciple]

There goes the flat earth theory

[@GermanGreetings]

I thought the same :)

[@idontlikebeinghandled]

They'd argue at 14:56 it shows how the camera has a fish eye lense.

[@pajosfi]

why stillfish eye

[@khc8800]

Quite the smallest manmade vehicle to travel in.

[@ThatTimeTheThingHappened]

Is he really traveling at supersonic speeds? Doesn’t the speed of sound differ when the air density is less that far from earths surface?

[@wrenengels7435]

Yes, and yes.

[@fromnorway643]

The speed of sound is mostly determined by the air's _temperature,_ not by its density. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Comparison_US_standard_atmosphere_1962.svg

[@grumberfwarcraft7282]

thats what russian cosmunauts had to do back in 1960's scarry

[@Serpico1152]

The actual man who fell to earth 🌎, not like in the David Bowie movie. 🤔

[@robluv7847]

Breaking the speed of sound generates vibrations on war jet plane .and loud sound it would affect the person organs..vomiting fainting ect..so is not possible even war pilotes faint when they are learning.

[@max5250]

What an expert you are.... TikTok expert...

[@sailorman8668]

Thanks so much for taking the time to post your comment - now everybody knows just how much of an ignorant fool you are.

[@underheydrated]

i just want to know who paid for all this lmao

[@Reelin_In_The_Years]

Have a look at the title of the video... there's a clue in there...

[@robluv7847]

What a joke 😂

[@sailorman8668]

Yep, these deluded flat earthers sure are a JOKE, you being one of them.

[@shuttle461]

So many people and children starving in the world and these people wasting money on these stupidities!

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Red Bull (who paid for this stunt) also have a Formula 1 team, and that cost much more for one season than this jump. So do you make such a comment also when it comes to motorsport? Or in the commenst for the trailer of a new Hollywood blockbuster, that cost millions of dollars?

[@shuttle461]

@@sebastiannolte1201 that also is an extravagance for today's world. I don't justify this waste of money on something that do not contribute to many people's needs in the world.

[@freebird97hd]

Who cares, people suck anyway. At least this one did something interesting.

[@shuttle461]

@@freebird97hd interesting? Interesting for who? It is just a waste of money unnecessarily. Tell me, how does humanity benefit from this?

[@freebird97hd]

@shuttle461 It's called entertainment not to mention human achievement. That's what we do, push limits.

[@computerjantje]

old news. Why is this posted here?

[@Sommyie]

Who cares? If we can't look at the past, we're bound to make the same mistakes.

[@computerjantje]

@@Sommyiewell there you say it. If there is one thing that history tells us than it is that we do not learn from history at all.

[@dogwalker666]

It's an archive channel not a news channel.

[@zafera8251]

It's new to me.

[@Emdee5632]

It's still an impressive jump. Although it's not fair that Alan Eustace, who fell from 2 kilometers higher 2 years later, got far less media attention.

[@maxsager139]

No woke, no ju de.