John
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People who don't understand enough about it probably think it's just a guy jumping off a balloon.
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Hammer
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Originally posted by Ben G
went into work today and my mate was saying how it wasn't that much of an achievement and that he would do it if he got to spend the 5 years doing what karl pilkington done on an idiot abroad (space training).
 i like my mate but he's such a billy bullshitter.
he also thought it was funny that i said i would never forget when he stepped out on that platform and jumped off.
some people are just up their own arse so much.
[Edited on 15-10-2012 by Ben G]
He'll have been the guy that called him a stupid wanker for thinking it was possible if he had died doing it.
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Cavey
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365,000,000 had clicked the link. Weird that hardly anyone carried on watching!
Probably because it was constantly buffering and people missed the actual jump 
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Tiesto
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The BBC documentary is on tonight at 8:30pm on BBC2 
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Cavey
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Cheers for that, will set the sky+ amazed they've not advertised the hell out of it tbh
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Gavin
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BOOM nice one!
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Kippers
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Thanks Tiesto
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Gary
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Sky+ for me, bastard xfactor
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Kippers
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Xfactor? You make me sick
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Gary
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I don't want to watch it 
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Steve
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Team building the capsule are like they've walked straight from scrapheap challenge 
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SetH
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Cheers for that, will set the sky+ amazed they've not advertised the hell out of it tbh
This, I did not know it was on FFS, missed first 30 mins.
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Tomnova16
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Fucks sake.
I player it is then
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Gavin
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sounds like he has a problem  hmmm
I had a feeling something serious was going on when they cut the feed when he had heating issues with his faceplate. Was very interesting to look back now and see how close they came to aborting!!
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Kippers
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Fucking brilliant!
Amazing to see all the behind the scenes.
Jealous of Felix, how cool would that be to do. Wonder how he was picked for it, didnt really say.
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Ben G
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He was a world famous base jumper before this, and was sponsored by red bull iirc, so thats probably why.
It was also his dream and idea to break the record, not red bulls.
Fantastic documentary. Showing the suit camera footage of the spin was scary, showed just how violent it was.
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Steve
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Was surprised at how amateur and fractured the project build was cnsidering its high profile and budget.
Managers getting demoted then put back in when the new one quits etc etc
Was a bit like watching one of those american reality shows
[Edited on 05-11-2012 by Steve]
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Nath
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Felix came across as a bit of a dick tbh.
[Edited on 05-11-2012 by Nath]
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stuartmitchell
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I thought that too Nath
Suppose if it was our life in someone elses hands though we would probably be the same
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Ben G
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i'd be the same if i thought my life was at risk
he was clearly uncomfortable with wearing that suit. he explained at the start that he loved using the air to glide and feel it on his skin, so wearing a suit took all that away.
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Nath
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I get that but he was being a right child at times. Then got all jealous when somebody else was training in his suit. Grow up ffs.
[Edited on 05-11-2012 by Nath]
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Hammer
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Fucking hell the whole thing was a lot more amateur than I'd thought
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Steve
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Same
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3CorsaMeal
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Literally was a guy jumping off a balloon, i don't think of that as a an achievement really.
I really don't feel the specialness of this, its just the current generation of people are all "wow like thats totally cool" with anything these days, all too internet for me.
I feel everyone is too busy "liking" other peoples things rather than getting on with their own stuff
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Ben G
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When they showed the footage of joe kittinger sitting in what appeared to be a hot air balloon basket, I felt that was a bigger achievement
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