Man To Skydive From Edge Of Space

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•41 • Oct 9, 2012

With sponsorship from energy-drink maker Red Bull, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will ride a helium balloon to the edge of outer space and skydive from a record height of 23 miles, provided weather conditions allow. What do you think?

“That Red Bull should help him stay awake during that super boring fall.”
Patsy Collingwood –
Unemployed
“He’s just doing it for the attention; nobody give it to him.”
Craig Westerby –
Delinquent-Account Clerk
“It’s just like Red Bull’s slogan: ‘Red Bull will fucking kill you.’”
Bernard Henson –
Horse Exerciser

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