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To: NormsRevenge


Indian industrialist Vijaypat Singhania speaks during a news conference in Mumbai November 26, 2005. Business tycoon Singhania with a penchant for adventure created a new hot-air balloon altitude record on Saturday, touching the edge of space in a climb to nearly 70,000 feet (21,336 metres). REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe

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To: abner

almost 70K feet.. wow.


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Indian millionaire Vijaypat Singhania stands in front of the pressurized cabin of a hot air balloon that he plans to fly, in Bombay, India, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005. Singhania said Tuesday he was confident of becoming the first person to fly a hot air balloon to the edge of space later this week. Singhania, 67, plans to fly the balloon at a height of 21,000 meters (70,000 feet) from Bombay on Saturday. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)


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