felix baumgartners jump from stratosphere

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felix baumgartners jump from stratosphere

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hey everybody, I was just thinking are you all watching felix' jump from near outer space onto earth today, too?as I am writing this he got the okay for the jump from his crew...
pretty interesting and mindblowing what he is about to do....
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Cancelled today's jump due to weather conditions! :(
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Haha, there's already a Lego recreation of the jump:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFU774q6eVM
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First-person footage from Felix Baumgartner’s space jump will make your head spin

http://io9.com/5951746/first+person-foo ... socialflow

Fantastisch! :D
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hahaha that was from servus tv!;)I have stayed with that channel for two whole days because of this project!;)really interesting people and stories and theories in their proramming...
wirklich fantastisch!;)
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