Baumgartner's Daredevil Parachute Jump From Space Put On Hold 248
Velcroman1 writes "For years, an Austrian daredevil named Felix Baumgartner has been planning to take a 23-mile plunge from the edge of space — and in the process, become the first parachutist to break the sound barrier, plummeting toward the ground at 760 miles per hour. The engineers and scientists behind The Red Bull Stratos project, an effort to break the record for the highest freefall ever, billed the jump as more than a stunt. The leap from 120,000 feet was to yield volumes of data that would have been used to develop advanced life support systems for future pilots, astronauts, and even space tourists. But a promoter feels that the jump was his idea, and filed a lawsuit in April to prevent the event from taking place. And now Red Bull has pulled the plug on the project, FoxNews.com reports. 'Due to the lawsuit, we have decided to stop the project until this case has been resolved,' Red Bull said."
Re:WTF (Score:5, Funny)
Solution! (Score:4, Funny)
Ok fine! It's your idea...
Come on. You're going to space!
You need to be a daredevil (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You need to be a daredevil (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but in English speaking countries it comes across as "The man who trims arse hair".
A story from Fox News? (Score:3, Funny)
The wrong payload!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Can we push a lawyer out at 120,000 feet?
Re:The wrong payload!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"Intellectual property" (Score:3, Funny)
You should sue Somersault.
Re:WTF (Score:5, Funny)
Re:WTF (Score:3, Funny)
Dangit!
Re:Space = 100km above sea level (Score:3, Funny)
You can scratch Scientific from the statement.
More prior art (Score:4, Funny)
They did a space jump with a Corvette [youtube.com] in Heavy Metal [imdb.com] back in 1981.