WASHINGTON: A Google executive set a new record Friday by jumping successfully from near the top of the stratosphere — some 135,000 feet, or 41,000 meters high, his project website said.
The record dive by 57-year-old Alan Eustace, who is a "senior vice-president of knowledge" at Google, was conducted as part of the Stratospheric Explorer project to allow manned exploration of the stratosphere above 100,000 feet.
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