Now that Felix Baumgartner has made the macrocosm ’s highest startle — from 128,100 substructure above the ground — he ’s not resting . Instead , he and his squad are answering questions about his amazing stunt . check above .
Here are the stats from the jump :
Exit ALT : 128,100 understructure
Free Fall Time : 4 minutes , 20 seconds
Free Fall space : 119,846 metrical unit
Maximum Velocity : 373 meter / second — He achieved Mach 1.24 !
Baumgartner on the second before the jump :
“ On the step I felt that the whole world is watching . I articulate I care they would see what I see . It was astonishing . ”
Quote of the daylight , though , goes to Col . Joseph Kittinger himself , the man whose record Baumgartner broke :
“ I ’d care to give the one - fingered military greeting to everyone who said he was go to break aside when he went supersonic . ”
The press conference has ended . Hopefully there will a video of the proceeding at some point .
Further quotes from the conference :
https://twitter.com/embed/status/257584167804604416
https://twitter.com/embed/status/257584928806551552
https://twitter.com/embed/status/257585775334526976
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https://twitter.com/embed/status/257587693263925248
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https://twitter.com/embed/status/257593640812179456
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