I Leaped From The Stratosphere

In his talk "I Leaped from the Stratosphere," Alan Eustace describes his experience of flying the stratosphere and falling back down to Earth. When his project to accomplish this first began, his question was if someone could linger in and explore the stratosphere. Usually, when the stratosphere was visited, it was by astronauts flying through it in a rocker. To accomplish his goal, Eustace contacted the Paragon Space Development program and asked if it was possible to have a human linger in the stratosphere. He was told that it was possible and to come present his idea to them the next day. The suit was designed like a scuba diving suit, with everything that could be needed equipped, like parachutes, protection from the cold, and oxygen.