Man plummets 40km into small can of energy drink

Fiddler says:

02:31pm | 15/10/12

not quite sure if this is meant to be humorous. Of course he would have sponsors, I doubt he had enough cash to do it himself. Pretty sure your beloved AFL and cricket games are covered in sponsors logos….

Eskimo says:

02:33pm | 15/10/12

Only had to jog 2km when he landed to record the fastest marathon in history.

Baloo says:

02:40pm | 15/10/12

It reminded me that I’m not trapped.

Andore Jr says:

02:45pm | 15/10/12

Like, seriously - was this piece generated by a random text program or what?
One sentence it’s all a marketing exercise. Next sentence it’s gushing over genuine human achievement. Next sentence tries to tie in Australian politicians (? uh?)
Another paragraph - trolls complaining about the jump; next sentence said trolls are raising children, this is somehow ‘trivial’ (is this like a double-sarcasm thing going on here, I don’t get it).

Oh hey, for legitimacy, may I also add that several members of the Royal Family, Albert Einstein, and Jesus Christ, are said to be admirers of both letters, sentences, and opinion, all of which are featured in this comment.

Anubis says:

02:53pm | 15/10/12

Meh - I prefer the original Felix (Ant if you did your research you would know that Felix the Cat made his first appearance in 1919).

TheRealDave says:

03:09pm | 15/10/12

This kind of ‘research’ will come in handy once we start having space habitats in low earth orbit….and stuff…..

Punters Pal says:

03:31pm | 15/10/12

I have no doubt, if Red Bull would have existed back in 1950s, Sir Edmund Hillary would have been sponsored by the named drink for appropriate fee and he would have guzzled a can of it on the summit.

Looks like every death defying stunt or uselss human endavour these days does involve a can of Red Bull.

Woodsy says:

03:45pm | 15/10/12

It is my strong suspicion that it was the weight of his enormous cojones that allowed him to reach such colossal speeds…

stephen says:

04:00pm | 15/10/12

... but how does he go to the toilet ?

KK says:

04:55pm | 15/10/12

I think what you missed is the esoteric symbolism in this stunt.
a man jumps from 39km - travels at a speed of 1136km/h (or so stated by a spokeswoman) and falls to earth wearing a logo of a red bull, with a red and white parachute.

The numbers are all of occult significance - they all reduce to 9, or 11/9.
The color red symbolic of fire, representative of the masculine, Fire, the bringer of destruction, the symbolism of chaos and war.  This goes far deeper but I will leave it there.

The bull represents Ba’al, its a bull with horns representing a crescent moon supporting the divine solar disc.

The mans name Felix Baumgartner (or “Happy Tree Gardener”)

Lastly, the man, falling back to base consciousness (earth) wearing the symbolic masonic colors of red and white.

I don’t need to go into the esoteric meaning of these, do your own research, but it is replete with symbolism.

Mark says:

06:16pm | 15/10/12

You are right Anthony, No-one should do anything.

Back in the 50s and 60s, they were hurling men into space, through the sound barrier and the world watched, absolutely transfixed, stunned at the scale of what was being attempted.
Today we witnessed the same. For an hour this morning, they watched stunned as a man floated into space and then flew back down.

A man skydived out of space! How is that not enough for you,

So what if Red Bull sponsored it, rather they spend the millions on this then on stupid internet ‘viral’ campaigns or some other run o’ the mill marketing idea.

If a govt paid for it, people would complain about wasting taxpayers money, if a millionare did it, people would complain about rich fat cats wasting money.

For crying out loud, just enjoy an awesomely ballsy piece of daring do.