May 21, 2004
Where's My Spacedive?
Cheryl Stearns has delayed her 130,000 foot spacedive attempt until September 2005.
I don't know what the hell happened to Michel Fournier after his 2003 attempt didn't pan out.
Rodd Millner dropped out of the news in 2001.
Frustrated, I am. SOMEONE needs to do this feat. It's only a 26 mile freefall back to earth. You'll break the speed of sound, probably black out, and your nose will gush blood despite the pressurized suit, but it will be worth it. The balloon ride up alone makes it worth it.
Oh, well. Here's Joe Kittinger doing it Old School style in 1960 from 102,800 feet:
I never get tired of this picture.
Do you know any recent info. about rodd millner??
Posted by: kayla waller at February 18, 2005 10:10 AMI've got the same ? as Kayla there. Any news?
Posted by: Scott at May 13, 2005 1:47 AMRodd Millner can still be found jumping around Sydney, Australia. He's mostly into wingsuit jumps now. Don't know if his jumping got any better but when he was claiming to be 'space jumping' he had just started skydiving (and was crap at it). Basically he had a load of cash and knew some very good PR prople. He got all caught up in the skydiving buzz and decided that he could do it from space... Almost everyone at Picton DZ (where Rodd was jumping at the time) won their bets that he would never actually putt it off (or even come close to getting above 14000ft).
Posted by: Kinto at March 10, 2006 10:00 PMRodd's Space Jump project is registered under:
Jump Pty Ltd
54 Grosvenor Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
Sydney Australia
Telephone +61 2 9387 7765
Fax +61 2 9387 7745
You can see the 'official' page at http://www.jump.net/spacejump/
Posted by: Kinto at March 10, 2006 10:05 PMYes indeed. I met Rodd in May of 2001 when he was "assisting" in the base of a 55-way formation skydive from a dozen or so Cessna aircraft at Corowa.
The skydive was so far beyond his capabilities that even with several very experienced people launching a 4-way, it took almost the entire skydive to get Rodd righted and flying stable. Of course the formation never stood a chance of completing.
In conversation with him, it was obvious to me that he didn't have the slightest idea of the dangers of a high-altitude skydive, much less those of one requiring a full-pressure suit.
It was also obvious that if he ever made such a jump, he would surely die from ignorance and lack of competency.
Posted by: Lestrade at December 20, 2006 8:54 PM