Felix Baumgartner

Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning. ”

I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot. ”

I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world. ”

The stratosphere is a hostile place. ”

Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating. ”

Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive. ”

I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back. ”

I like to challenge myself. ”

As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view. ”

People should decide 'are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?' I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money - they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ”