Monday, August 13, 2007

A Real Frenchman

This is cool.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

They cannot afford to build/buy space ships, so they launch their people into space (just kidding)

How does he get to 130'000 ft?

Unknown said...

So he lands in Sask, Canada. Where does he take off from? While in Saskatchewan he should buy real estate... the boom from Alberta is rippling through BC and Sask as we speak.

-Brad

Anonymous said...

How is this different from what USAF Col. Joseph Kittinger did back in Nov-Dec 1959?

From the National Museum of the US Air Force about Project EXCELSIOR (Nov-Dec 1959):

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=562&page=1
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=562&page=2