(CNN) -- As high-tech reality TV goes, it's hard to top Sunday's riveting leap from the stratosphere by Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner. It took courage and skill, to be sure. But the technology required to get a guy well on his way to outer space, then allow him to plummet safely back to Earth, deserves some credit, too. From the one-of-a-kind Red Bull Stratos capsule to a pressurized space suit engineered specifically for the jump to a "smart" parachute designed to deploy if Baumgartner had spiraled out of control, the jump debuted tech that organizers say could contribute to the science world in other areas.
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On Sunday, daredevil Felix Baumgartner lept from 128,100 feet above Earth
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Technology in the Red Bull Stratos capsule included a steel alloy cage
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Pressurized suit featured innovations to make mobility and visibility better
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