Daredevil Google exec jumps at 135,000ft and beats Felix Baumgartner’s skydive record
- 9 years ago
More than two years after Felix Baumgartner broke the world record for the highest skydive, Alan Eustace has trumped it by jumping a height of 135,890ft from the Earth’s surface.
Mr Eustace, Google’s senior vice president of knowledge, broke the sound barrier reaching a velocity of 822mph during a four and a half minute free-fall.
It took the intrepid daredevil two hours to reach the target height while being attached to the high-altitude, helium-filled balloon.
The 57-year-old had been working alongside Paragon Space Development Corp and its Stratospheric Explorer team in this secret project to develop and successfully test a self-contained commercial spacesuit.
The suit is designed to allow people explore the high in the atmosphere 20 miles off the ground.
Mr Eustace, Google’s senior vice president of knowledge, broke the sound barrier reaching a velocity of 822mph during a four and a half minute free-fall.
It took the intrepid daredevil two hours to reach the target height while being attached to the high-altitude, helium-filled balloon.
The 57-year-old had been working alongside Paragon Space Development Corp and its Stratospheric Explorer team in this secret project to develop and successfully test a self-contained commercial spacesuit.
The suit is designed to allow people explore the high in the atmosphere 20 miles off the ground.