James May at the Edge of Space

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1. There's no edge at space?
2. The Zeppelin made my day
3. one lucky guy to be there
4. I like how the words "JAMES MAY" popped out of the curvature of the atmosphere
5. Excellent, James! Well presented... and I am so envious!
6. The guys that fly the Blackbirds, U2's and other high speed or high altitude aircraft seem to share the calm, humble but confident and focused demeanor. Well done program as only the BBC can do
7. 6:06
   the guy in the background starts laughing lmao
8. i want to do this before i die
9. How much weed did you smoke to get that high?
10. that's like Darth Vader is breathing
11. That was incredible
12. Anyone who thinks they put man on the moon 250'000 miles away is basically a brainwashed fool
13. can the u2 go ,higher than a mig 21....
14. Man James' window is real dirty
15. Does anybody really think that after a few hours of training, an otherwise untrained civilian would be reasonably qualified to eject from a U-2?
    
    Or is the real point of this so that when his family tried to sue, the airforce could say "hey, we told him what he had to do, not our fault if he didn't do it."
16. Do you believe your eyes or what your told you are seeing?
    
    One shot through a fish eye lens of a fictitious curved earth.
    Yet every other shot shows a complete flat plain horizon.
    
    Just more brainwashing of the magical fictitious spinning ball.
17. Heh, im higher ;)
18. where is this clip taken from? some documentary movie?
19. That's absolutely awesome!!
20. Lucky man