Everyone has been talking about the fact that Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space, and the fact that he broke the speed of sound, and what this means for science. "We can'tall stay inside flying machines. Red Bull Space Jump Publicity Stunt Surely you have heard of the Space Jump that took place the other day. "I find it interesting that we have fourfliers here, all of which are better known for getting out of something thanfor flying it," Armstrong said in a statement at the time. In August, Baumgartner met with astronaut Neil Armstrong? the first human to walk on the moon ? and cosmonaut Alexi Alexei Leonov, thefirst person to walk in space, during an event for Armstrong's 80th birthday. The trip down to Earth was expected to take about sixminutes, with Baumgartner deploying his parachute about a mile above theground. RedBull developed a sophisticated set of cameras for the skydiver to wear duringhis descent. Hogan, and will demonstrate this as the case progresses,"company officials said.īaumgartner had planned to ride a custom-builtpressurized capsule carried by a giant helium balloon to his jump height. "Red Bull has acted appropriately in its priordealings with Mr. 12 statement, Red Bull officials defendedthe company's past relationship with Hogan.? "Red Bull never acknowledged the plaintiff's role onRed Bull Stratos," the lawsuit says. A NASA flight surgeon rounded out the team, thelawsuit states. Hogan reportedly lined up Lindstrand Technologies tobuild the balloon and pressure capsule, as well as a Russian company to design theskydiver's protective suit. "Due to the lawsuit, we have decided to stopthe project until this case has been resolved."Īccording to Courthouse News, Hogan says in his lawsuitthat he pitched Red Bull an idea for a so-called "space dive" thatwould send a skydiver up to 130,000 feet (39,624 meters). Hogan claims to own certain rights to the project and filed amultimillion-dollar lawsuit earlier this year in a Californian court," RedBull officials said on Oct. "Despite the fact that many other people over thepast 50 years have tried to break Colonel (Ret.) Joe Kittinger's record, andthat other individuals have sought to work with Red Bull in an attempt to breakhis record, Mr. Red Bull officials called off the RedBull Stratos project this week because of the lawsuit, which hasbeen ongoing for months.
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