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TED Talks: Season 2015

2015x151 Alan Eustace: I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it
TV-PG

  • 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 15m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
On October 24, 2014, Alan Eustace donned a custom-built, 235-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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