[8-3] WILD RIDE: A GIANT LEAP

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[8-3] WILD RIDE: A GIANT LEAP

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(OC): And finally, [1]something extraordinary happened in the skies today.  [2]A man soared almost to the edge of space and then jumped, [3]traveling down at the speed of an airliner.  [4]Seven years of planning and then [5]minutes of the unknown.  Here's ABC's Josh Elliott.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(VO): [6]In the predawn darkness, preparations begin on earth for [7]a leap from the stratosphere.  The balloon gently fills with helium.  [8]A vessel made of material as thin as a dry cleaning bag that will lift Felix Baumgartner more than 90,000 feet above the earth.  [9]With the wind at bay, the capsule lifts off.

ANNOUNCER (MALE): 6,300 feet.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(VO): 90 minutes later, it reaches an altitude of 18 miles, or 96,640 feet, [10]to be precise.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(OC): Now, to give you an idea of just how far up 96,640 feet actually is, I'm standing here in Manhattan [11]at sea level.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(VO): On his way, 18 miles above the earth, Baumgartner would have passed migrating birds and then airplanes and then even the highest clouds in the sky.  And [12]he wouldn't have even been halfway there yet.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(VO): Baumgartner [13]pushing the limits on what we know about [14]endurance, both physical and mental.  Without his [15]high tech pressurized suit, [16]the slightest air would mean he wouldn't be able to breathe, and the water in his body would actually [17]boil and then vaporize.

FELIX BAUMGARTNER (DAREDEVIL SKYDIVER): It's almost overwhelming.  When you are standing there in the pressure suit, the only thing that you hear is yourself breathing.  You can see [18]the curve of the earth.  You can see the sky is totally black.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(VO): Only then is Baumgartner ready to jump.

FELIX BAUMGARTNER (DAREDEVIL SKYDIVER): That once step forward, you know, is an important step, because you know you're coming home.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(VO): During his descent, Baumgartner goes from 0 to 536 miles per hour in 25 seconds.  14 minutes later, he [19]makes a delicately perfect landing in the New Mexico desert.

ANNOUNCER (MALE): Felix has landed safely back to earth.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(OC): And to think that today's leap was, in fact, just practice for the big event.  Next month, Baumgartner plans to drop to earth from 120,000 feet.  Now, if successful, he'll [20]break a 52-year-old record and along with it, [21]the sound barrier, certainly [22]something of a super heroic feat, Diane, never before accomplished by man alone.

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(OC): Why, Josh?  Can you tell me why?

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(OC): That's a very good question.  If we had another half hour, Diane, I certainly could attempt to.

DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(OC): [23]The depths of the human psyche and adventure.

JOSH ELLIOTT (ABC NEWS)(OC): [24]Knows no bounds.

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[1] 창공에서 기상천외한 일이 벌어졌다

[2] 어떤 사람이 거의 우주 가장자리까지 올랐다

[3] 비행기 속도로 (지상으로) 뛰어 내리다

[4] 7년 간의 계획

[5] 전혀 계획되지 않은 몇 분

[6] 동트기기 전의 캄캄함

[7] 성층권에서 뛰어내리기

[8] 드라이 클리닝 비닐 정도로 얇은 재질로 만들어진 기구

[9] 바람을 (기구에) 채우자 

[10] 정확히는

[11] 해수면

[12] 거기에서도 아직 반도 오르지 못한 셈이 된다

[13] 한계에 도전하다

[14] 인내력

[15] 첨단 압축복

[16] 희박한 공기

[17] 끓어서 증발하다

[18] 지구의 곡선 윤곽

[19] 아슬아슬 완벽하게 착륙하다

[20] 52년 된 기록을 깨다

[21] 음속 장벽

[22] 초인적인 대기록

[23] 인정 정신과 모험의 한계

[24] 한계를 모르다