Originally Posted by
sinca3
Red Bull and Felix are Austrian! I'm pro USA, but why should they have an American flag on the capsule?
As for enjoying the view, he had 2+ hrs to enjoy the view...albeit from inside the capsule. I think most humans that are staring possible death from 128,000' will just get it over with....
Yeah I didn't realize that they weren't American.. my bad.
However... when Apollo 8 went around the moon, when they saw earthrise for the first time, they stopped everything and looked at home...
I'm not minimizing the accomplishment at all.. I just thought it interesting that he is in a position that no other human will be in for a long long time.. and he didn't stop to smell the roses. The romantic in me would have.