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Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
 
http://space.com/news/060713_big_jump.html

In Canada, natch. Stratospheric diving - the next BIG thing for those who still can't afford a ticket on Virgin Galactic?

Mark
 
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
"In Canada, natch."

Dude's French, though. I expect he's only jumping over Canada because there's nothing there to accidentally land on.
 
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
 
Plus, I'll bet it's so cold up there, he won't heat up too much on reentry. [Razz]

(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
 
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
 
Oh, Cool. I might get to see that since I live in crapskatchewan... Probably the biggest thing to ever happen around here...
 
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
 
You have not been to Sidewalk Days. FIREWORKS BY THE SPA, MOTHAFUXKAS
 
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
 
Saskatchewan. Didn't Bugs Bunny refer to that place once? Or was that Sarsparilla?

I want to go up to the stratosphere in a balloon, like that guy who did the world's highest jump in the 70's. The air is so thin he couldn't hear a thing while in the basket, it was like being in heaven.
I'd just think it is the end scene from Space Odyssey and start spilling wine glasses, tearing up space time as we know it.
 


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