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Today:120,000 foot space jump.

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    #722
    Bruthal
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    hooradiation wrote: »
    If it's "already been done", then how did this jump then break previous records?

    If a fella climbs mount everest next month, it wont be the first time its been done. But he could do it faster than anyone else.


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    #723
    Dustaz
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    riffmongous wrote: »
    So if humans land on Mars in 30 years or so, you'll just shrug? :confused:

    No, that would be the crowning achievement of mankind.


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    #724
    af_thefragile
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    robbie7730 wrote: »
    If a fella climbs mount everest next month, it wont be the first time its been done. But he could do it faster than anyone else.

    Would be a stupid thing to do to be honest though. Climbing the Everest, although every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it now, is still no joke and is extremely dangerous. Turning it into a fun sport isn't a good idea as you don't just put yours but many other's people's life in risk as well because of the way the Everest is climbed.


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    #725
    Dustaz
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    robbie7730 wrote: »
    If a fella climbs mount everest next month, it wont be the first time its been done. But he could do it faster than anyone else.

    ah but get sponsored by a soft drink, stream it live to youtube and its "GROUNDBREAKING"


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    #726
    3ndahalfof6
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    Anyway the man in question has just shown us how much more we can do, don't stop, keep going, you never know what the information from this attempt will give or take us,

    baby steps, walking, running, standing upright, fire, tools, wheel, I do not know why they bothered, it would of been so much easier to say no.


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    #727
    Bruthal
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    shedweller wrote: »
    Lads lads, whats with the nay saying? You seem to forget that at this altitude your blood will boil out of your body. Air pressure is 0.24psi compared to 15psi at sea levell!

    It might be worth pointing out that blood/water will boil in a vacuum or close to one at well below body temperature, so it does not boil due to being heated up, but because of very low atmospheric pressure.


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    #728
    Bruthal
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    Dustaz wrote: »
    ah but get sponsored by a soft drink, stream it live to youtube and its "GROUNDBREAKING"

    Red bull gives you a parachute will have to be the next ad out.


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    #729
    Bruthal
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    Dustaz wrote: »
    No, that would be the crowning achievement of mankind.

    Peace on the entire earth would be a bigger achievement. Walking on the surface of jupiter is probably more likely.


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    #730
    BBDBB
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    I think its great that we finally got proof that the earth is a big flat disk :)


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    #731
    Defiler Of The Coffin
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    robbie7730 wrote: »
    Peace on the entire earth would be a bigger achievement. Walking on the surface of jupiter is probably more likely.

    Walking on the surface of Jupiter would indeed be some achievement but I can't see it happening by any native Earth species!


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    #732
    3ndahalfof6
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    BBDBB wrote: »
    I think its great that we finally got proof that the earth is a big flat disk :)

    That is just the CD, once you place it in the player it will show you so many different things.


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    #733
    Bruthal
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    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    Walking on the surface of Jupiter would indeed be some achievement but I can't see it happening by any native Earth species!

    Yes, that was my point:)


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    #734
    riffmongous
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    Dustaz wrote: »
    I agree with you to a certain extent.

    It's a very very big parachute jump. I commend the man for his balls and the team behind him for their innovation.

    However, It's nothing that hasn't been done before on a smaller scale. People seem to be comparing it to the moon landings.
    Dustaz wrote: »
    No, that would be the crowning achievement of mankind.

    Not sure if serious?


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    #735
    3ndahalfof6
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    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    Walking on the surface of Jupiter would indeed be some achievement but I can't see it happening by any native Earth species!

    I like this, we are now a collective, (native) nothing else, we are at last humans, all the same with different traits,

    verbally small changes are happening already, it is not one of the positives I would of seen from this attempt, but I do now,

    it actually might stump Robbie's attempt to get to Jupiter, before humans figure out, shiit we are all the same.


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    #736
    Dempsey
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    didnt take long for after hours to **** on a groundbreaking event. going by what some people are saying, no event is truely ground breaking because its been done on a smaller scale beforehand. talk about stupid logic!


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    #737
    ScrubsfanChris
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    Seems to be alot of people here with nothing better to do then poke holes in this achievement.

    No, it wasn't as big as what Yuri Gagarin/Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin did, but it was still something spectacular and record setting don't forget.
    I find what he did to be amazing and the next step could even be bailing from a craft in a low-earth orbit.

    And not to nit-pick, but Jupiter has no solid surface to walk on :p


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    #738
    PizzamanIRL
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    Nitpickers wouldn't have been satisfied unless there was a HD camera right in his face showing every facial expression and drop of sweat.


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    #739
    Defiler Of The Coffin
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    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    Nitpickers wouldn't have been satisfied unless there was a HD camera right in his face showing every facial expression and drop of sweat.

    Hmmm now that you mention it, some of the shadows didn't seem right. Could have been faked...


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    #740
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    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    Hmmm now that you mention it, some of the shadows didn't seem right. Could have been faked...

    It was faked. I could tell from the pixels.


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    #741
    BBDBB
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    all done with mirrors


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    #742
    af_thefragile
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It was faked. I could tell from the pixels.

    The shadows and highlights were also all wrong.


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    #743
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    af_thefragile wrote: »
    The shadows and highlights were also all wrong.

    Not to mention the blowing of the flag.

    Ah, wrong conspiracy theory. Never mind.


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    #744
    marco_polo
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    BBDBB wrote: »
    I think its great that we finally got proof that the earth is a big flat disk :)

    Forget Mars, the next goal for Mankind should be to send an expedition underneath to find the giant turtle.


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    #745
    af_thefragile
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    marco_polo wrote: »
    Forget Mars, the next goal for Mankind should be to send an expedition underneath to find the giant turtle.

    There's no giant turtle, its all just hollow man!


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    #746
    BBDBB
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    SPLITTER!


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    #747
    Bruthal
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    ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

    And not to nit-pick, but Jupiter has no solid surface to walk on :p

    I wont nit pick either, when I say (again), that was the actual point.


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    #748
    marco_polo
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    af_thefragile wrote: »

    There's no giant turtle, its all just hollow man!

    Sorry I have a no debate policy with hollowists.


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    #749
    af_thefragile
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    robbie7730 wrote: »
    I wont nit pick either, when I say (again), that was the actual point.

    You could walk on the moons. Just watch your step when on Io.


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    #750
    af_thefragile
    Registered Users Posts: 7,171 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    marco_polo wrote: »
    Sorry I have a no debate policy with hollowists.

    Even the Nazi's knew the earth is hollow. Which is why the Brits and Americans fought them to keep the sheeple from knowing the truth!


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    #751
    Bruthal
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    af_thefragile wrote: »
    Even the Nazi's knew the earth is hollow. Which is why the Brits and Americans fought them to keep the sheeple from knowing the truth!

    I was just reading about goodwin`s law the other day. Interesting.


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