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calimary

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1. What a great quote!

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:24 AM

Oct 2012

"Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are," Baumgartner said before stepping off a small ledge on the outside of a capsule lifted into the stratosphere by a helium-filled balloon.

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What a great quote! calimary Oct 2012 #1

Kick rppper Oct 2012 #2

Was it his speed that cost him the record for longest duration free-fall? HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #3

If he broke the speed of sound then Ichingcarpenter Oct 2012 #4