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Felix Baumgartner’s Crazy Space Parachute Jump Is Live Web Video’s Biggest Event Ever

Felix Baumgartner

Felix Baumgartner

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner is currently headed to the outer edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in a balloon-powered space capsule. When he gets to 120,000 feet, he’ll jump out and attempt to parachute back to the planet and set a new world’s record. Meantime, I believe that Baumgartner, his sponsor Red Bull and YouTube have already set a record: By YouTube’s count, there are more than two million live streams of the event going out around the world. (Update: The audience for this one kept climbing as Baumgartner did. Latest total: 8 million) Read the full story at All Things D.

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