I know I'm not really looking up an event in history, but today history has occurred. Today, Felix Baumgartner jumped from space. He travelled in a balloon up more than 127,000 feet and broke that world record, then jumped out and achieved the highest speed from a free fall. This is a great event because it is incredible to think that someone is able to fall faster than the speed of sound and survive. The balloon, the suit, and the entire process is groundbreaking technology and NASA received helpful insight.
This event proves that anything is possible. A long time ago no one would think that someone could travel to space, much less jump from space and survive. Humans have the capability to do incredible things like this and more will occur in the future. I appreciate the event because of its magnitude. I admire Baumgartner because he was brave enough to pursue his dreams and achieve them. He was delayed by poor weather and equipment error, but he persisted instead of simply giving up and he did it. I think this opens the door for many other possibilities for stunts and will be an important historical event.
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