Space Dive

[MorningMajor]

Last minute reminder for those interested - BBC2 8.30

Documentary about 43-year-old Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner's parachute jump last month, when he became the first person to freefall through the sound barrier after leaping from a record-breaking height of 24 miles.

[Beulah]

Wow, that came round fast!

Thanks for the heads up.

[GJBC]

Just started BBC2 HD

[Fordos Moon]

Good shout!

[DaveS]

Watching it now. Typing on my lap-top, or in my case belly-top

[brantuk]

Watching now - thanks for the heads up

[Astro Imp]

Just finished watching, an excellent and gripping programme that managed to convey the extraordinary fete achieved by the team.

Well done to everybody involved including the BBC.

[Matt Scunthorpe]

I'll have to catch this on iplayer. Sounds pretty good though.

[Beulah]

I've watched the first half of the program because I was interrupted by a visitor. So far it's an excellent program and I can see why Kittinger has still a lot of go in him - a younger wife!! Great bloke; I bet he thouroughly enjoyed assisting Baumgartner.

[JamesF]

I enjoyed it. Interesting background to the story and heart-stopping in places

It only struck me when I watched it that perhaps he failed to get the record for the longest free-fall because he was travelling so fast. Nice in a way that Kittinger still has one to his name though.

James