Baumgartner's Daredevil Parachute Jump From Space Put On Hold

Velcroman1 writes "For years, an Austrian daredevil named Felix Baumgartner has been planning to take a 23-mile plunge from the edge of space — and in the process, become the first parachutist to break the sound barrier, plummeting toward the ground at 760 miles per hour. The engineers and scientists behind The Red Bull Stratos project, an effort to break the record for the highest freefall ever, billed the jump as more than a stunt. The leap from 120,000 feet was to yield volumes of data that would have been used to develop advanced life support systems for future pilots, astronauts, and even space tourists. But a promoter feels that the jump was his idea, and filed a lawsuit in April to prevent the event from taking place. And now Red Bull has pulled the plug on the project, FoxNews.com reports. 'Due to the lawsuit, we have decided to stop the project until this case has been resolved,' Red Bull said."

Comments

Re:It was my impression....

[jcr]

And as we speak, some promoter is trying to figure out how to sue NASA for fifty one years of back royalties.

-jcr

Re:They changed to imperial units???

[Drakkenmensch]

Just remember the conversion rate - it's 1 metric fuckton to 1.68 imperial assloads.

Re:Huh?

[ultranova]

Do you think Coca-Cola would sell in any country that did not have similar trade secrets laws? Their financial success lies entirely on keeping the formula for their product a trade secret.

Bullshit. Coca-Cola tastes identical to Pepsi or any other cola, so obviously it was unable to keep the relevant parts of the formula a secret. It's success is based on marketing and nothing more.