touching space - nearly (1 Viewer)

[oldskyblue58]

No doubt it will be shown on the news but this austrian guy is hoping to set a new record for the highest skydive (practically a space dive!) 36.5 km or 23miles. Wearing a space suit he will travel faster than the speed of sound, accelerating to that speed after 40 seconds in temperatures of down to -50 and hopefully land on the end of a parachute safely back on earth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19860249

not something i would want to do but you have to admire his courage

I would love to see the world the way he will though

 

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[IrishSkyBlue]

here you go i been watching this all day cant wait its nuts live feed:

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

 

[Nick]

Has he jumped yet?

 

[IrishSkyBlue]

no its on hold because of wind they want make sure its done right everything has to be perfect theyve been trying launch last 3 hours now like i dont think it launch at all if taking this long.

 

[Houchens Head]

Has he jumped yet?

........or was he pushed??? :thinking about:

 

[Houchens Head]

Hands up those who are waiting to see if he just splats into the ground!

 

[kg82]

Heard about that this morning. The quote "Others who have tried to break the existing records for the highest, fastest and longest freefalls have lost their lives in the process" doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Expect sales of red bull to rise or fall dramatically after this!

 

[Nick]

Oh, bit of an anti climax if it doesnt happen

 

[IrishSkyBlue]

ok hes getting ready launching soon i cant wait ha

 

[Marty]

I'd love to do something like this, where do I sign up?

 

[Nick]

Post up when he launches

 

[Marty]

Mission aborted.

 

[Nick]

BOOOOOOOOOO! Flapped it.

 

[IrishSkyBlue]

was wondering why the site was down dam it boooo!!

 

[Nick]

Apparently this is today now?

 

[dutchman]

[video=youtube;MrIxH6DToXQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ[/video]

 

[Marty]

Hes on his way up. excitement building.

 

[Darth Robins]

2 hours to get to the right altitude, this guy must actual watermelon sized balls. He'll be falling for about 10 minutes straight, and half of that is free fall!

 

[Blind_Faith]

I hope he makes it safely back, but what a fucking idiot! Which part of his brain thought it would be a good idea? Its beyond me why anyone would wanna throw them selves out of planes/capsules/helicopters. If we were meant to fly we would of evolved wings, the human race needs to get over this :facepalm:

 

[Marty]

I'd love to do something like this. The human race since the dawn of time have been competing to find the superior and this is no different. It's not really flying, it's falling...... with style.

 

[Nick]

How long until he jumps?

 

[Marty]

Hes preparing for it, Balloon has pritty much leveled off now. 10-15 minutes would have thought.

 

[Marty]

Started rapidly climbing again.

 

[Nick]

Let me know when he is about to go ill go to my pc

 

[Marty]

descending now, hes not responding to commandes.

 

[Marty]

Get it on Nick.

 

[Bagsy]

Wonder how high he can go before the balloon pops!!!

 

[Nick]

128,000 feet pretty much! How long will it take him to come down?

 

[Bagsy]

Would be awesome going up there seeing the curve of the earth like that! Wouldn't do the jumping bit tho!

 

[dutchman]

Wonder how high he can go before the balloon pops!!!

They're venting helium from the top of the balloon to prevent that happening.

By the way he's long since broken the world record for ascent by balloon.

 

[Nick]

How will they know where on earth he will land?

 

[Bagsy]

How will they know where on earth he will land?

They were saying earlier he has traveled about 50 miles and then it started coming back. So I assume they'll get a chopper out to him

 

[Marty]

Door open.

 

[Darth Robins]

How will they know where on earth he will land?

He's got GPS trackers on him.

 

[Nick]

No turning back now son. Don't look down!