> The worlds record for the highest parachute jump was set on August
> 16th, 1960, but Capt. Joseph Kittinger Jr. USAF, when he said, "Lord,
> take care of me now." and stepped out of a pressurized, high-altitude
> balloon suspended gondola at an altitude of 102,800 ft. over White
> Sands Missile Range near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
My mistake. Kittinger's capsule was *not* pressurized. It was an
open gondola, loaded with cameras and measurement instruments. Kittinger
had only his pressure suit to protect himself from the high altitude.
- Mark C.