Chapter 574: Skydiving at 39,000 Meters! A Firm Heart! A New Experience of Seeking Death!

Boca Chica, southwestern Texas.

Facing the main creative team of the "Interstellar" crew and the Red Bull extreme sports team, the host Elon Musk expressed an extremely warm welcome.

"Fei, welcome."

Facing his financial sponsor, Musk was extremely friendly and did not have any lofty attitude.

The successful launch of the Falcon 1 rocket was inseparable from the investment and help of Longxiang Capital. Chen Fei was regarded as the most important "guardian" on his road to success.

"Musk, long time no see."

Chen Fei greeted him with a smile.

In recent years, Longxiang Capital has invested in more and more projects and more and more extensive projects.

Tesla and Musk's space exploration plan is one of the key targets of Longxiang Capital's investment.

The two have met at many parties, and it can be said that they have established a deep friendship.

The venue for the premiere of "Interstellar" and the starting point of the Red Bull Challenge mission are on the rocket launch pad of Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corporation.

Chen Fei will take a hot air balloon from here, directly reach an altitude of 39,000 meters, jump down from a position close to the edge of the stratosphere, and successfully land to complete this extreme challenge.

Musk agreed to the request of the sponsor to borrow the rocket launch platform without thinking.

It's just a hot air balloon, what's wrong with that?

If Chen Fei is brave enough, Musk even dares to let him experience what it feels like to carry people into space!

Yes, to his regret, his suggestion was not adopted by Chen Fei, because his behavior of blowing up the rocket has already been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

No one dares to bet his life whether his manned rocket will explode directly shortly after taking off!

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The challenge officially starts at two o'clock in the afternoon, and during this gap in the morning, "Interstellar" will hold an open-air premiere event.

Even though it is far away from Los Angeles, there are still many guests who came to attend the premiere today.

The reason is simple, because everyone is looking forward to the crazy challenge in the afternoon!

Flying to an altitude of 39,000 meters and parachuting in a space suit, this behavior has never appeared even in science fiction movies.

Therefore, when Red Bull and the official website of "Interstellar" announced this unique way of promoting the premiere, it was once sought after by netizens and fans.

Since the premiere was broadcast live to the global audience, Chen Fei could see the exclamations in the comment area!

"What? It's starting now? Is Director Chen going to do something stupid again?"

"Oh my goodness, an altitude of 10,000 meters is already scary, and this time they are actually flying to an altitude of 39,000 meters for parachuting. Isn't that too bold?"

"Oh! My God! This time I can finally see the space from the live broadcast!"

"By the way, is the earth round or flat?"

"It must be round. Do you still need to ask this?"

"Everyone, don't go off topic. When does the challenge start?"

Accompanied by the discussion of netizens, the crew of "Interstellar" built a background wall near the launch pad for the guests and reporters present today to sign and take photos.

There were many media on the scene today, but everyone's attention was focused on the launch pad, and the main creative staff of the crew were actually neglected for a while.

In the end, the regular premiere held in the morning had to be interrupted.

Many people simply gathered around the edge of the launch pad and watched the Red Bull staff inflate the hot air balloon.

In order to bear the weight of the space capsule, the hot air balloon was also professionally customized. After being inflated, its diameter even reached the size of a football field!

As helium was continuously injected, the hot air balloon began to swell upwards.

Soon, a super-large hot air balloon with an area of ​​11,000m appeared in front of everyone!

For a while, there were bursts of exclamations at the scene, and everyone stared at the scene in disbelief.

Many people present had ridden in hot air balloons, but it was the first time for everyone to see such a large hot air balloon.

"Oh! Shift!" Leonardo looked up, his face already covered with a shocked expression.

After a long pause, he turned back to look at Chen Fei and asked in an amazed tone: "Are you going to fly into space in this?"

Looking at the curious or shocked eyes of the people around him, Chen Fei nodded gently and said with a smile: "Everyone, I'm going to put on the space suit now. Shouldn't you say something to me?"

Matthew McConaughey said seriously: "Fei, you must return safely!"

The others responded one after another, all wishing him a safe return, and some even took off the cross hanging around their necks and handed it to him.

Chen Fei thanked everyone for their blessings and waved his hand very casually: "See you later."

After about half an hour, he appeared on the rocket launch platform wearing a space suit and parachute.

Waving to everyone, Chen Fei successfully entered the space capsule with the help of the staff.

NASA provided help throughout the process, including the space capsule and space suit were custom-made from them, and for safety reasons, they underwent multiple inspections during the period.

After restraining himself in the seat and fastening his seat belt, Chen Fei pressed the intercom button in the cabin without hesitation and shouted: "Flory, I'm ready."

The next second, the live broadcast camera switched to the cabin and focused on him.

At the same time, Red Bull's broadcast department directly activated more than 1,000 servers just to ensure that today's live broadcast can proceed smoothly.

Under the watchful eyes of the outside world and everyone in the live broadcast room, the traction rope was cut off and the hot air balloon slowly floated upwards.

As it gets further and further away from the ground, the hot air balloon, which seemed very large and spectacular at first, gradually turns into a small dot.

At the same time, as the space capsule rose rapidly, the horizon gradually changed from a straight line to an arc.

The live broadcast camera sometimes moved inside the cabin, focusing on Chen Fei, and sometimes switched to outside the cabin, aiming at the outside world.

Gradually, the clouds fell below, and the space capsule enveloped Chen Fei and officially arrived in the stratosphere.

"Fei, your destination has been reached."

Listening to the voice coming from the intercom, and under the gaze of hundreds of millions of viewers, Chen Fei silently unbuckled his seat belt and came to the cabin door.

"Chichi..."

With a sound of deflation, the hatch slowly opened.

Chen Fei looked out.

Looking at the Earth from space, the picture is simply breathtaking!

What comes into view is a brilliant blue gem, embedded in the dark curtain of the universe, blooming with its unique light.

Looking around, the surface of the earth is covered by the vast ocean, and the blue waves sway gently in the dim light, as if it is the cradle of the earth, gently caring for all living things.

At the edge of the ocean are the outlines of land. They are either winding or straight, like the veins of the earth, carrying the reproduction and change of life.

On the surface of the earth, you can even see those bustling cities, which are like bright pearls dotted on the earth.

High-rise buildings are rising from the ground, streets are crisscrossed, busy with traffic, and people are flowing in. The lights of these cities are particularly dazzling at night. They complement each other with the stars in the sky, adding a mysterious color to the planet.

And around the earth is a deep cosmic space, where there seems to be endless darkness and countless twinkling stars. They are far or near, bright or dark, like the eyes of the universe, quietly watching Chen Fei. The blue planet below.

At this moment, the viewers who were watching through the live broadcast channel almost all had their eyes widened, looking at the scene in front of them with disbelief!

The bright galaxies and the azure planet blend with each other, blooming into a beautiful and thrilling picture!

"It turns out that when you look at the earth from space, it looks like this!"

"Damn it, it's so beautiful. I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to go to space in my lifetime."

"Maybe we won't be able to fly to space in a short time, but we can watch "Interstellar" first. I heard that this movie almost reproduces all space fantasy adventures."

"Wait a minute! I suddenly reacted, so Director Chen is going to jump directly from an altitude of 39,000 meters, right?"

"Oh my god, you really put a lot of effort into promoting the movie!"

At the same time, while the audience in front of the screen was talking about the screen, Chen Fei had already stood at the door of the cabin and completely removed all the traction ropes.

Because he was wearing a space suit, the audience could not see his expression.

But it can be easily judged from the steady breathing that Chen Fei is not nervous at all at this moment.

Many people secretly sighed: "This mentality is really stable!"

Before anyone could react, Chen Fei suddenly took a step forward.

This may be just a small step for him, but it is a big step for the entire extreme sports and skydiving world!

"call!"

The wind whistle caused by the high-speed fall was all recorded by the radio carried on the space suit, and was clearly transmitted to the ears of all viewers watching the live broadcast.

High-magnification cameras play a huge role at this moment!

The audience at the premiere and in front of the screen could clearly see that Chen Fei was rushing towards the ground in a free fall.

What awaits him will be a historic feat!

In order to successfully return to Earth from space, Chen Fei had already done enough training and rehearsed all possible difficulties in advance.

However, there are still many differences between real on-the-ground experience and simulation.

Just like now, not long after leaving the space capsule, Chen Fei fell into the dangerous situation of "flat spin" and "back-down".

You know, once you are in a "spin" state for a long time, it is easy to cause a person to fall into coma.

And once he loses consciousness, all he will be left with is a puddle of horrible flesh!

Therefore, in order to avoid a tragic ending, Chen Fei quickly started a "self-rescue" plan.

He did not deliberately resist the wind resistance, but followed the direction of the wind and constantly adjusted the angle of his body, turning his body from "flat rotation" to "straight fall".

After some efforts to adjust, he finally got rid of the "flat spin" state while traveling with the wind.

His super physical fitness and adaptability allowed him to solve the current difficulties and troubles in a short period of time.

At this moment, when he adjusted the angle of his fall, 30 seconds had passed!

At this time, his speed is about to exceed 1,000 kilometers per hour.

However, this is just the beginning, because his current altitude is three times the flight altitude of ordinary civil airliners.

The free fall speed at this altitude will far exceed the speed of sound by 340 meters per second, that is, 1225km/h!

Looking up from the ground, he was like a meteor flying across the sky.

Finally, after 40 seconds of free fall, his speed gradually stabilized and reached a maximum speed of 1342 kilometers per hour.

Of course, although his current falling speed is very fast, compared with the speed of a real meteorite fall or a returning satellite of 25,200km/h, his speed is obviously much smaller, so it is not enough to produce intense friction with the oxygen in the atmosphere and cause combustion.

But even so, the entire parachuting process is still full of dangers!

The altitude of 39,000 meters is close to a vacuum state, and the air pressure is only 1% of the earth. If the space suit or helmet is accidentally broken, the ultra-low air pressure will cause the blood in his body to boil, so that the heart will burst and die!

Fortunately, with the help of "Lucky Orange", these worries have not happened so far.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the discussion of netizens went from fierce and boiling at the beginning to complete news at the end.

At this moment, 99% of people are praying, hoping that he can successfully open the parachute and return safely.

Everyone can still hear his breathing, although it is not as smooth as at the beginning, but there is no very urgent moment.

After 4 minutes and 19 seconds, Chen Fei, who has maintained a high degree of concentration, received a prompt sound from the altimeter.

A pair of eyes behind the astronaut helmet quickly scanned the altimeter, and when he saw that the pointer pointed to 1500 meters, he opened the parachute without hesitation.

"Bang!"

A thunder-like explosion suddenly sounded in the ears of all the viewers watching the live broadcast. This was the sound caused by the parachute being instantly filled to a bulging state by the airflow.

Soon, as the parachute opened smoothly, Chen Fei's descent speed was effectively slowed down.

However, although the speed was getting slower and slower, he did not relax his vigilance, but pulled up the traction rope and began to control the falling angle.

In order to complete the task to the most perfect level, he had to ensure that he could land smoothly instead of being carried around by the parachute.

With the help of his previous high-altitude parachuting and gliding experience of no less than ten times, he finally landed safely on a piece of wasteland after 13 minutes.

At the moment of landing, Flory's voice came from the intercom: "Fei, are you okay?"

At this moment, everyone who was watching the live broadcast in front of the screen subconsciously held their breath, secretly looking forward to that familiar voice.

After a five-second blank period, suddenly, a slightly rapid breathing sound came first.

Then, Chen Fei's voice came out slowly: "Don't worry, I'm safe and sound."

The air circulation in the space helmet is far worse than that outside, and falling rapidly from such a high place will naturally be a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, it took only 5 seconds for Chen Fei to adjust his state.

In front of the screen, warm cheers suddenly exploded!

Especially when hearing the words "safe and sound", countless fans were so excited that their eyes were filled with tears and they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"He parachuted from the stratosphere at an altitude of 39,000 meters and finally returned safely. This is really awesome!"

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