The Kittinger Jump

[kiriakos2012]

i have done thiw jump many times

[treisutesaizeci]

BBC Earth - The Power Of The Planet - Atmosphere

It's a series and this episode is about the... atmosphere.

[popje123]

i bet chuck norris pissed his pants

[JonathanBloggs]

This just fucking blew my mind at a [7]

[w0wrox]

i wanna try this so badly

[fistymcbuttpuncher]

gotta love how they hand him a cigarette immediately after he landed

[uhhmario]

TOP COMMENT: Dude...what if astronauts get high while in space? THAT WOULD BE THE S**T MAN! :D

[oldnewbutter]

One day I went up to space.

My gf asked, "How did you get back?"

"I JUMP"

[Ezio1Creed]

One day I want to break that Record :)

[PepDrumLow]

He was basically in space..alone.. not strapped down by anything. He must have felt so alone right before the fall.

[dokanekine]

I watched the whole documentary in my geography 205 today, I would recommend watching the entire video if you're interested in this type of science.

[jjc032681]

Those were the good ol' days when smoking was still media-friendly and accepted by all..in fact..if you didn't smoke, it probably meant you enjoyed the feeling of balls slapping upon your taint. Man, I was born too late.

[tsunchoo]

ree-spec!!

[TheLAZYmovies]

and the balloon continued up to cause a massive hole in the ozone layer, later to kill the entire population of the earth, the end

[cvmann2020]

Just 15 minutes, falling for 15 minutes seems like a long fucking time.

[babbisp1]

THUMBS UP IF YOU SWEATED BY WATCHING THE VIDEO 1+

[jpd782]

This falls under...What have you done with YOUR life??

[84fredrik]

Sorry I can't remember.

[SquinteyedSniper]

so he didn't see anything? I thought his helmet didnt cover his vision

[nieson0727]

Most incredible thing ever. Apparently it took ~4 minutes to reach the troposphere, so that is 4 minutes just being "out there". I would probably have fainted of fright. Respect.

[cvmann2020]

Most badass thing I've ever seen, nothing can top that.

[limetreePT1939]

what would happen if his parachute didn't deploy?

[mahound9]

@limetreePT1939 well... Basically.... He'd be.... fucked. He'd be a meat waffle.

[PortVienna80]

Kittinger's the Man!

[SonnyDelight69]

This dude's got a set of nuts on him!

[dramedeamour]

el esplendor de un imponente salto :)

[Kamilly2501]

Parabéns pra ele nossa fiquei impressionada quando ele subiu

♥

[Ogrecoxy]

Hero.

[JKthestud]

Let me say this.....

There is some that say joe didn't reach space...those that belive machines vs physics and cold numbers rule records.....BS

My belief is that humans, courage of the true unknown and going to a place only jules vern could go to previously are the real ones that set the records. True champions of humanity are these, one and all (Yuri included).

Keep your numbers....

Joe Kittinger is the first man in space......

...and he landed on two feet, sans machine

[5123698741]

I wonder where that Helim ballon is today. ;o

[flokk]

Wow....just wow.

[SEBASTiANNNfx]

ich glaube wohl eher 9,81 km/h?

der emmel ist eine spinnerin...straffe dich du hampelmann

PROST!

[RememberDate030808]

i so wanna do that too

[matthewhenson1]

what a badass

[Vidfaethemoak]

Surely its easier to do now with modern technology.

[grozmo1]

Although too expensive!

(I would give it a try myself otherwise! XD)

[neomuttley]

You still da Man, Joey ;-). 102,800.00 feet : 94- F, reaching about 725 MPH. The only man to go faster than the speed of sound w/o a vehicle. One of the things on my Bucket List. Compared to this. My skydiving from 13,500 ft doesn't seem like much...

[thedjscotto]

Record soon to be broken

[StarSupernova]

I loved this programme. This part with the jump really amazed me. The music really helps too.

[Lamb00FGoD]

Lol you just jumped at the edge of earth free fell at 1000 k/h what would you like to do...."Give me a cigarette" ( 2:53 ) lmao

[gangeboy360]

this guy got mad balls respect man !!

[scareface999]

ubercool!

[mrloganthinks]

Balls. Period.

[pauliep21]

What a legand I would love to do that. They diddnt mentoin in the film he past out from the pressure and he's nose started bleeding but he's shoot opened on it's own at about 800 ft

[ind347]

Not entirely correct.

His parachute performed flawlessly on this jump.

On a previous jump to around 76000ft he was entangled by a chute that deployed early, and did loose consciousness for a time. Reserve was deployed at 10,000.

He did suffer pressure suit failures resulting in the blood nose and also a hand injury due to a glove malfunction.

An amazing individual and effectively, the first man in space.

[braziliandoc08]

He lighted cigarette... prefers if to kill slowly

[bus140808]

and i'm worried about flying to Cyprus next week!

[buttkizz]

Holy Shhh...

[ScottyBoiy]

damn, i respect that man. holy shit

[adrianondiano]

what show is this? or movie .

[cdngal75]

What an unbelievably fearless man.  The word hero is inadequate to describe what he is. Then he survives the Hanoi Hilton. Amazing!

[Orfeus2009]

Wonderful music wonderful video wonderful hero...

[BlueBlack125]

wouldnt the balloon pop as it reached the edge of the atmosphere where space begins due to the vaccuum

[dumbtreeclimber]

Space doesn't "suddenly" begin, that's the main thing you should know.

His balloon probably popped around 130,000 feet. Those high-grade ballons can't go up much higher than 130,000 feet (the record was 170,000), because of the extremely low pressure (vacuum).

[JohnnyGeologist]

I don't understand how a helium baloon could have buoyancy in such thin air.

[dumbtreeclimber]

They are special balloons. They look like a jellyfish, and I believe that as the balloon rises, the helium will rise through the balloon to the top-which is why these balloons will have a flat top in the upper atmosphere.

It's not like a normal party balloon.

[BENebuchadnezzar]

@JohnnyGeologist helium normally just escapes from the atmosphere altogether, t's thinner than the thinnest parts.

[777cc777]

after about 130,000 feet or so (not 100% sure) , yep

[Gainstrup]

This is serious high altitude jumping :)

Considering the year this was done ( 6 years before i myself came about )

Joe have my deepest respect

[bus140808]

OMG he survived! Then he lit up a cigarette! HUGE respect for that man, holy shit.

[veve3334]

omg, its the most amazing thing i ever seen

[rmanMMVII]

poor ballon...

[bcn1211]

What happened to the balloon?

[orki1960]

this clip just played this evening on Nat Geo, Earth: The Biography. My TV guide says it is a new episode, so I am wondering if this clipped played on TV before this evening, Monday July 14, 2008. Amazing to hear Kittinger detail his jump.

[bus140808]

Monday July 14th? The day my son was born!

[skydiver418]

i looked that video dozen of times, i know some people attempted to break that record in the past few years, maybe one day i'll be over 100 000 feet high, this is 5 time the height that i reached!!!!!!!!!!

[84fredrik]

Nope sorry, it was a just part of a documentary about the atmosphere.

[kipcoreproductions]

@84fredrik what was the name of the documentary? I'm trying to find it again. :)

[musiccc568]

wow..............is there a nother part to this?

[deeerrreeek]

than he smokes a cigarette! what a badass!

[Jbear9]

This is an amazing jump! THE most amazing jump.

[Tron108]

Thanks for the tip to this vid Jbear9. Stuff like this is really great!

[pepsikatt]

Great stuff

[rimwrath]

sweet dude