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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/28/skydiver-luke-aikins-jump-without-parachute-live-tv
"He's made 18,000 parachute jumps, helped train some of the world's most elite skydivers, done some of the stunts for Ironman 3. But the plunge Luke Aikins knows he'll be remembered for is the one he's making without a parachute. Or a wingsuit.
Or anything, really, other than the clothes he'll be wearing when he jumps out of an airplane at 25,000 feet [7600 m] this weekend, attempting to become the first person to land safely on the ground in a net."
[...] "To me, I'm proving that we can do stuff that we don't think we can do if we approach it the right way," he answers.
"I've got 18,000 jumps with a parachute, so why not wear one this time?" he muses almost to himself. "But I'm trying to show that it can be done."
(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday July 29 2016, @07:36PM
Adrenaline junkies also break sound barriers, are the first to space, are the first to experience what the human body can handle. Yes, the probability of living to 80 is fairly low, but that's not a reason to give such harsh judgment against them.
I doubt Chuck Yeager felt as you do, and not all adrenaline junkies are also unsafe. Being an old astronaut is actually a thing now.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.