There was a discussion on whether the record jump of Felix Baumgartner fro 38.1 kms is worth celebrating.
The same applies some feats in The Guinness Book of World Records.
While this jump  may have assured Felix that he is capable of seemingly impossible feat by Humans, what does it really convey?
That if you want to risk your Life, some feats can be performed and that you get the attention of others in a big way.
You might get some commercial contracts.
Beyond this…?
Felix may look at this, say ,after 15-20 years  and wondr what he had been doing?
“Is Felix Baumgartner someone worth celebrating? A great many of you watched the Austrian daredevil’s record-breaking 39km plunge to earth from a balloon. Was his feat something which teaches us more about humanity? Or is it an irrelevant distraction? Why does it seem to have captured the imagination?..
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n jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 43-year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall.
He said he almost aborted the dive because his helmet visor fogged up.
Footage from a camera on Baumgartner’s chest shows out-of-control spin
It took just under 10 minutes for him to descend. Only the last few thousand feet were negotiated by parachute.
Once down, he fell to his knees and raised his fists in triumph. Helicopter recovery teams were on hand moments later.
“Let me tell you – when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don’t think about breaking records anymore, you don’t think about gaining scientific data – the only thing that you want is to come back alive,” he said afterwards at a media conference.”
* How is it that he had not been burnt alive for the velocity faster than Sound,he was nor incinerated?,
BBC – Baumgartner and Red Bull – Strasphere Jump Record 2012 – 12.10.2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590
Felix Baumgartner – Red Bull Stratos – Space Jump [Full Video] HD
Felix Baumgartner’s Test Jump – Red Bull Stratos
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