I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it | Alan Eustace
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On October 21, 2014, Alan Eustace donned a custom-built, 500-pound spacesuit, attached himself to a weather balloon, and rose above 135,000 feet, from which point he dove to Earth, breaking both the sound barrier and previous records for high-altitude jumps. Hear his story of how - and why.
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This is extraordinary ! He jumped from the stratosphere ! I don't think the public realizes that this man holds the world record for the highest-altitude free-fall jump. He jumped from 135 000 feet while Felix Baumgartner jumped from 128 000.
@rickyflower6640
2 жыл бұрын
Actually he jumoer from the mesosphere that starts at 30km to 50 km (18.64 miles to 31 miles and the stratosphere is from 10 to 30 km (6.2 miles to 18.64 miles! So now it sounds far more away 🤣
@71degrees
Жыл бұрын
Felix made this possible
@ronwesterduin2471
Жыл бұрын
So?
@Archy11102
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, he went 2.4km higher but 2 years after Felix. We already knew humans could survive at such altitudes with special suit. There was nothing unique about his jump, because while indeed he went higher, he was neither the first stratosphere jumper (that would be Joseph Kittinger), nor was his decent un-aided like Felix's who even broke sound barrier in freefal. So, what's your point?
@navinthiva6694
Жыл бұрын
@@rickyflower6640 meso starting from 50
What a humble guy and WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT!! 🙌 Hats off for his bravery and his passion for doing this.
This man's neck muscles are out of this stratosphere
@christiangasior4244
4 жыл бұрын
Lol you guys crack me up 😂. I didn’t notice that until I read these comments.
SOOOOO much going on here. It's worthwhile to compare this jump to Baumgartner's jump. Eustace suit was way heavier and sophisticated than the Baumgartner's. Baumgartner achieved a stand-up landing. Both of these guys are absolutely awesome. We all have these pivotal, once-in-a-lifetime moments. Mine was either landing a 46-lb chinook OR breaking 200 kph on a motorcycle. Eustace had his, I'm very very happy for him. Very overlooked fact: these guys are not just daredevils. With each and every stratosphere parachute jump, progressively more and more is learned. Extremely valuable knowledge because it provides an excellent contigency for astronauts to be able to potentially bail out of a disabled spacecraft and return safely to earth.
Alan Eustace deserves a lot of respect! Unbelievable!
So Felix Baumgartner made a huge fuss about it in the news and this guy goes up without even being in a capsule. Cheers to this guy who didn't do this for fame
@jonathanquarles8604
8 жыл бұрын
+Jordi B Agreed.
@joejoe4games
8 жыл бұрын
+Jordi B plus Baumgartner was sponsored by Red Bull so making " a huge fuss about it" is kind of the whole idea... :D
@dennisblogg
8 жыл бұрын
+Jordi B Because who did it first?
@segamegadrive3903
8 жыл бұрын
+Dennis Mortensen Joseph Kittinger did it first, in 1960.
@8maxthemax8
8 жыл бұрын
+Jordi B Red Bull is the reason Felix's jump was so popular.
This made me smile and then tear up a bit at the end. Man humbled, once again, by child.
An unsung true Legend.
Damn wtf I never heard of this achievement, I thought Felix Baumgartner was the record holder
@TraceMalin
4 жыл бұрын
Same. Just learned about it.
@Donte4
3 жыл бұрын
@Jamil1013 bruh i'd do it for 20 mill
@telfordguy34uk
3 жыл бұрын
interesting info...Felix wasn't even the first to do it. Joe Kittinger jumped from 102,000 ft in 1960, which for me gets gold medal just for being the 1st to do it. He also had a hole in his left glove which made his hand swell to over twice its size which is why he never went any higher.
@lancifers5.047
3 жыл бұрын
I believe he went in 2012 and was at 128,000 feet where you saw the curve and to a point which I believe you see on the Go-Pro KZread site where the curve curves the opposite way so it dips. I guarantee no flat earther wants to see in case they fear how damaged they would become having their belief blow up in their face.
@yves3560
3 жыл бұрын
Red bull ... you know.. money... media.
"is it possible to linger in the stratosphere. Is it possible to explore the stratosphere." The stratosphere is often a misunderstood and forgotten place, but even though it looks "empty" it's also quite fascinating. More Sci Fi stories should take place in the stratosphere, whether it'd be huge floating cities or incredibly tall towers. I have an idea of such story, and I hope that we may have the birth of "Stratospheric Opera" (Space Opera but in the Stratosphere) in sci-fi one day
Here you go, the most epic faceplant in the history of mankind. awesome!
@Mucydonia
4 жыл бұрын
hehe.yea.From stratosphere straight to the face of earth.Awesome
@VincentGonzalezVeg
2 жыл бұрын
*Falling with style!*
@Heyiya-if
9 ай бұрын
/bonk
what a genuine guy
I'm probably more jealous of his bravery than the money he may have. Amazing!
@Golgi-Gyges
7 жыл бұрын
Pia "envious"
I... I live on the 3rd floor and my legs forget how to function properly when I look down the balcony. This was very interesting
@Shadow77999
4 жыл бұрын
Lol true!
@markivanovic4954
3 жыл бұрын
Boo
Felix was well-known in the skydiving and BASE community and was not well-liked because of his tendency to make his stunts public and blaze objects. He and Red Bull were a perfect fit. Joe Kittinger helped with the project. Skydivers tipped our hats at Felix but many of us wished it was someone else. Eustace was a skydiver. He is one of us. He is just a gentleman and a great guy. And this Eustace in this speech is not refective of how he is one-on-one. He's much nicer and friendlier in person.
@prakeshballiram9271
5 жыл бұрын
Felix is great between felix an allan ,with felix it more lively an exciting it was in his capsule .
@strictlyLara
4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I like to listen to Felix' interviews and sometimes I don't. At least he's genuine about his love for publicity. Eustace had already started to prepare his free fall before Felix did it. So he wasn't inspired by Felix; it was his own plan.
Simon Sinek sighting 08:54, another amazing TED speaker. Probably my favorite
Jumps from stratosphere, lands on face. Nailed It!
@eduardodelvi4890
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget he is carrying a 500 pounds suit! Try to jump from a table (3 ft from the floor) with 500 in your back without breaking your legs!
@shannonjaensch3705
11 ай бұрын
10 minute and 38 second mark......Lower half of his suit/Lower half of his body is missing as he lays on the ground after landing
What a rare and incredible experience.
Huge Cheers for this guy, I genuinely thought it was a guy in his twenties. I love to see the man behind the feat.
@KiaranScath
8 жыл бұрын
+Anston Music You're thinking of someone else. Similar set ups.
@AnstonMusic
8 жыл бұрын
KiaranScath Yeah I was thinking about the one Red Bull was sponsoring, the jumper was Felix Baumgartner, but apparently he was born in 1969 so my intuitive hunch was very wrong on that one too.
@AnstonMusic
8 жыл бұрын
***** I know. It was for *science*!
That landing, priceless!😁
@eduardodelvi4890
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget he is carrying a 500 pounds suit! Try to jump from a table (3 ft from the floor) with 500 in your back without breaking your legs!
Can we fund these trips for the entire flat-earth society?
@viruagrawal
7 жыл бұрын
You, sir, hit the nail right on the head.
@snappysnap955
6 жыл бұрын
Man! Seriously!!
@spuriouseffect
6 жыл бұрын
Morris Jensen ....bwwwwhahahahahahaha You get the thug life award.
@davecasey4341
6 жыл бұрын
Without a parachute? I'm all for that.
@davecasey4341
6 жыл бұрын
No. I'm afraid they'll reproduce and pass their stupidity genes onto the next generation.
I've always thought it odd that Felix , as far as most people are concerned, is the first and the highest , when he is neither. Joe Kittinger jumped from 102, 000 ft in 1960. ( and he had a hole in his glove )
@shannonjaensch3705
11 ай бұрын
ALWAYS TEUST YOUR INSTINCTS WHEN SOMETHING YOU ARE TOLD DOES NOT ADD UP WITH WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ... 10 minute and 38 second mark of this video....Lower half of his suit/Lower half of his body is missing as he lays on the ground after landing........Would appreciate to hear your views/explanation of this oddness.
2545 more feet and it would have been a full vertical marathon!
This guys neck is huge!!!
@nicolinamaria
4 жыл бұрын
and the record he has on his name as well!
@EinkOLED
4 жыл бұрын
The altitude record was measured from the tip of the head. If he had a normal sized neck then it would have been like jumping from 500 feet.
Fantastic delivery, and what a great crowd!
@angelo.strand
3 жыл бұрын
@Joseph Orsi wtf dude
41 kilometers (135900 feet) almost the highest edge of the stratosphere at approx 50 kilometers where Mesosphere begins... There's an isothermal layer at around 12-14 km... strong winds can be a dangerous encounter!
one of the most beautiful thinks i ever seen
Incredible feat, truly inspiring what a vision combined with hard work could accomplish 🙌🏼
Incredible, the video is exactly as long as his jump!
This solves so many issues with stellar travel. It's so much easier to have a cargo load that isn't also designed for human survivability. And the human, can use a reusable balloon to go back up to space 🥰💘 I wish I could be a part of this
@californiadreaming9216
Жыл бұрын
FEAR_Sorcerer hi. Thanks for your comment. Actually, the consensus is that neither ballons nor chemical rockets are the most ideal for space travel. The best system seems to be gravitational field induction through the use of multiple self-cancelling/self-balancing electromagnetic engines. Alien technology which has been reverse-engineered by man. See: TR3B
12:00 Stabilization (avoid spinning) was the most critical part of the fly (we saw what happened in the fall of Felix-RB 2012) the solution of the "drogue parachute" and its "rolled pipe" is simple and effective 8:49
what a man!!! already richly successful probably has good money but yet goes out there and does this amazing feat...
Gotta love the fact that the guy who did one of the badass things in history is a colossal nerd.
This was excellent.
Wow that suit is huge and really bulky...its amazing that he achieved this wearing that! Incredible. It must have been so claustrophobic
Wow! Someday that will be a thrill ride at an amusement park. I'll be watching from above (hopefully.)
@timgiles9413
3 жыл бұрын
from Heaven :)
He did it so fast after Felix, no one knew
That was very cool!
Gutsy stuff mate, well done very impressive...
Alan Eustace: A team of twenty of us. Shows picture of 50 people
@electrontube
4 жыл бұрын
he said it was a core of twenty people. but who wouldn't want to be a part of a group photo for the team that set a world record parachute jump. i applaud his effort to give credit to the people that worked the hardest, while still giving a nod to those that did the little (but necessary) stuff
@Shadow77999
4 жыл бұрын
@@electrontube no
@aiiron
3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for Bill Booth in the photo lol. I had the same thought tho.
Jumping from the stratosphere is so mainstream now.
Amazing!
Great video 📹 thank you for Sharing Australia 🌏
awesome. Congrats
Nice conclusion!
Yeah, tell us MORE about Roswell NM
That girl when he jumped is beautiful.
@getsmarter5412
6 жыл бұрын
Kinda has a Susan Dey thing going.
Anyone have a link to the full video? or is there none? I'm sure he had it filmed. I would HOPE he did.. I watched Bumgartner do it and it was freaking awesome!! watched the whole two -1/2 hours.
@shannonjaensch3705
11 ай бұрын
I would love too see the full unedited filming of this because at the the 10 minute and 38 second mark of this video......He is not only missing half of his jump suit....he is missing half of his lower body......I would truely appreciate your opinion/explanation on this.
Amazing!!
so strong.
Is there any way to get/watch the raw footage of the way up?
@Mucydonia
4 жыл бұрын
It's on Netflix
@timgiles9413
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mucydonia Netflix is Evil, Godless. No thanks
@Mucydonia
3 жыл бұрын
@@timgiles9413 youre right.everyone should be aware of that when they surfing on the internet
Why are people so angrily defending that Felix holds the record?? Why are your lives so sad you must personally defend Felix's jump despite the fact that Eustace broke the record??? Get over it, Eustace broke the record, and even better, he didn't make a big fuss about it with sponsorship and needless promotion.
A great jump and an even better crash landing !
Wow He is NOT HOGGING ALL the ATTENTION!
this is so cool
@playerunknown8793
6 жыл бұрын
No this is not cool, lok at 10:38 his mising a lower body, this is Hoax.
Awesome job by a very modest and cool guy.
amazing
I would pay to experience this; please commercialize this.
Anyone know where I can find the first panoramic picture there?
Fantastic
Ladies and gents, please welcome the record holder of the the highest face plant in the world. Joke aside, kudos to this brave old guy.
At 4:54 why is that lady crying? (The lower portion of the screen.) Is the talk that emotional?
@rcook2608
5 жыл бұрын
@Jonathan Quarles She's crying because she didn't see any curvature, research flat earth
@electrontube
4 жыл бұрын
a man that fell from the sky was there... in front of here. he did it, and she saw him talk about it. in person.
I just finished watching docs on Felix Baumgartner and Joe Kittenger's escapades with this very same thing. Where is all the media attention for this guy? He broke all known records for height of fall, length of fall and speed of fall. His face should have been planted all over the media of every kind!! Guess if Red Bull isn't involved it doesn't count? Kudos to this guy and his team. Truly an amazing job they did and I wish this Ted talk was about 3 times as long. How about it National Geographic? Are you up for an amazing documentary?
@Cdv360
5 жыл бұрын
he has a doc on netflix. and they said they kept media out of it on purpose so that his team wouldn't have the pressure of having the world watching them.
@afa1515
10 ай бұрын
That guy was a vice president of Google. Blame them for not pushing it more.
Dang...cannot even imagine.
Alan Eustace, lucky you!
@playerunknown8793
6 жыл бұрын
10:38 you'll see that he's missing half the body
Oh my heart ❤️ goals
Description is wrong - the date was October 24th 2014, not the 21st.
You should see this guys home
this achievememt, luke adkins freefall , alex honnold and space x rockets landing incredible!
Human engineering is nothing short of incredible.
As a skydiver... how much is a load ticket?
11:24 drogue release explanation and pipe stiffening
Ammmmmazing.
Großartig
"This is my landing, but it's probably more propely called a..." PLF.
@eduardodelvi4890
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget he is carrying a 500 pounds suit! Try to jump from a table (3 ft from the floor) with 500 in your back without breaking your legs!
Look At The Size Of The Parachute. It's Big And It's Just Like A Balloon Too. X
Is it possible to use a small elium baloon in the place of the drogue parachute?
@andy4an
8 жыл бұрын
+dqcroc interesting. I could see how such a system could have less weight than the parachute option.
@dqcroc
8 жыл бұрын
+weesh ful: If it is working, it can eliminate the pipe and any danger
@sabujdeeptudu6215
2 жыл бұрын
it would burst because of the tempratue
Okay Felix has the Landing over this guy but they are both brave and amazing.
That parachute seems pretty small for a 700lb. payload!! That helps explain why his landing was so crashy!
@eduardodelvi4890
4 жыл бұрын
No matter how slow or smooth the landing is, the you have to carry the 700 pounds on your legs! one can! it's better to crash than to break your legs.
@YTjndallas
4 жыл бұрын
Eduardo Delvi Well, the chute size coulda been doubled for a few more pounds, which is a great trade-off for defying twice the gravity of that 700lbs. on the descent!
@eduardodelvi4890
4 жыл бұрын
He doesn’t need a bigger parachute, because the problem is the weight he has to carry once on land
@YTjndallas
4 жыл бұрын
Eduardo Delvi A bigger parachute would fall much more slowly, thereby reducing the inertial shock of slamming into the ground.
@eduardodelvi4890
4 жыл бұрын
@@YTjndallas You still don't get the point, but it's ok. The guy who made the leap it's the sole expert.
What was different about this fall than Felix? Why didn’t Felix go this high and/or were their goals different? Someone help explain? Thanks
@ironchump1501
2 жыл бұрын
he explained it, Felix's capsule weighed 5x more which made it harder to go high/higher.
8:53 - Hi Simon Sinek. 💯👊
So he says he needs a balloon with a volume of ~50M ft³. That equates to a sphere with a radius of about 230ft (70m), and a surface area of about 650,000 ft² (61,000 m²)
@UltimateBreloom
8 жыл бұрын
+Falcrist If he used a capsule he said five times smaller, so ~10M ft^3.
Did they have him practice simulated rides up in the suit with the reverse Google image view to practice visualization and breathing? And maybe add a sound track with his flight operations read?
@e.h.4933
Жыл бұрын
Because there is no way my heart rate would be low unless I did that!
Молодец мужик!
How high did the balloon go after separation? What happened to it and why?
@Celia_..
2 жыл бұрын
I want this answer too
احلى شيء ان فيه ترجمة عربي
is there a FULL LENGTH video? like there was with felix?
Yes baby!! An American holds the record right now💪🏽
@rodizlike9871
5 жыл бұрын
Too bad he crashed on landing. What a stud. Lol
Where is the full footage
Corey Taylors dad is a brave man.
@Mikeysb___
9 ай бұрын
WAIT WHAT NO WAY!
Is that the curvature of the Earth or the curve of the camera lense. This is why I don't like GoPro, the image is too darn warped.
@ryangille
5 жыл бұрын
Dragon-Lord Ember yeah, I’d love to see this done with a non-fisheye lense. Someone should break his record and use one.
@shindasingh986
4 жыл бұрын
@@BakjeLeip hi. Could you please post the link. Really wanted to see that. Thanks x
@shindasingh986
4 жыл бұрын
@@ryangille agreed!! Perfect opportunity to make decent video of earth and its curvature but not taken
this guy is cool as fk. done.
No mention of Joseph Kittinger? I'm disappointed.
@Shadow77999
4 жыл бұрын
Ah yea that one
This is cool, how was it funded?
@maxtp948
8 жыл бұрын
His privat Money. He is one of the Google guys
6:57 lol...guess that guy has a fear of heights? I don't blame him...
I almost clapped at the climax and I'm totally alone haha
@spongehead1354
4 жыл бұрын
I did clap!
cheaper than virgin airlines?
+FTLNewsFeed I see your point. However, it's probable that three years of research benefitted us both medically and technologically.
Why not build a flying citadel in the stratosphere
That's a cool design, it looks like his pressure suit is pressurized to a reduced pressure and he's breathing probably off of pure oxygen through the mask.