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May 26, 2008
15 minutes jump back to Earth, wow
I hope that he will record his whole trip for all the rest of us to watch and be in awe at someone who is willing to jump back to Earth from 40 kilometers high.
Here the article from the IHT and a small excerpt:
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"Frenchman poised for 'Great Leap,' a 40-kilometer-high adventure
He has spent two decades, and nearly $20 million, in a quest to fly up 40 kilometers to the upper reaches of the atmosphere using a helium balloon, just so he can jump back to Earth again. Now Michel Fournier says he's ready at last to make his "Great Leap."
Depending on weather conditions, Fournier, a 64-year-old retired French Army officer, will attempt what he has dubbed Le Grand Saut (The Great Leap) on Sunday [...]
At that altitude he will see the blackness of space on the horizon and the curvature of Earth below, and experience weightlessness. Then he plans to step out of his capsule wearing only a pressurized suit and a parachute, and plunge to Earth in a mere 15 minutes."
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It appears that i am not the only one to be wow'ed by this when you look at how many other people link to this article.
Posted by bjoern at May 26, 2008 02:41 AM