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Someone pass the antifreeze
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Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
Live stream.
Looks like its going to be launched at 1130 est. Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more than 50 years. Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and make a record-breaking freefall jump in the attempt to become the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour), while delivering valuable data for medical and scientific advancement. |
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10-09-2012, 11:47 AM | #16 |
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free falling from space. not dangerous.
wind - dangerous. |
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10-14-2012, 08:54 AM | #17 |
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Gotta bump this. Launch may be happening in about 45 minutes.
The live stream is here> http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ |
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10-14-2012, 09:29 AM | #18 |
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About to launch the balloon.
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10-14-2012, 09:31 AM | #19 |
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Balloon launched.
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10-14-2012, 09:46 AM | #20 |
Gargling the sweet EZ nectar
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Still 2 hrs away from the jump?
Yeah, I'll check back in a bit.
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10-14-2012, 09:52 AM | #21 |
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Should jump around 10:15am-10:25am PST, but if they decide to drop ballast past the jet stream they may be a little earlier...
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10-14-2012, 09:59 AM | #22 |
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10-14-2012, 10:05 AM | #23 |
Fifty eight sixty two...
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I'm looking at some of the telemetry there and most of it means nothing to me, exceptions being that it's 66 below zero outside and in addition to climbing he's going east at 117 mph. Jet stream baby.
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10-14-2012, 10:07 AM | #24 |
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Pretty cool. For those watching, the old guy they keep showing in ground control is pretty much a badass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger |
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10-14-2012, 10:09 AM | #25 |
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Wow....balloon is only 1/1000 of an inch thick?
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10-14-2012, 10:12 AM | #26 |
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It's live on Discovery Channel if anyone, like me, is getting tourettes from watching the live stream.
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10-14-2012, 10:18 AM | #27 |
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"Hold On....I screwed up"
I'm going to guess that's not in the top 10 things one would want to hear in this situation |
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10-14-2012, 10:23 AM | #28 |
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10-14-2012, 10:31 AM | #29 |
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Sounds like his internal heaters aren't working...
Face plate heater cranked up, but he's losing heat in his helmet... |
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10-14-2012, 10:47 AM | #30 | |
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Quote:
On a side note: Is it too late to tie a 'Fire Pioli' banner on this guy?
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