About Felix Baumgartner:
Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25, on 14 October 2012, and became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power relative to the surface on his descent. He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without drogue, and vertical speed without drogue. Though he still holds the latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet - or, 41.42 km (25.74 mi) with a drogue.
People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.
Felix BaumgartnerYou have seen on TV how hard it is to go up 129,000 feet and how hard it is to come down.
Felix BaumgartnerAviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.
Felix Baumgartner