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Today:120,000 foot space jump.

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  • #52
    Lollers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Lollers


    Update says he has entered the capsule.


  • #53
    juan.kerr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,766 ✭✭✭juan.kerr


    He's no Chuck Yeager anyway.


  • #54
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    You can see the peoples in the live feed. Like ants they are.


  • #55
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    Getting there....


  • #56
    Soups123
    Registered Users Posts: 8,985 ✭✭✭Soups123


    Pray to god no one lets one off or this is getting held up again


  • #57
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Oooooh zoomed in!

    Fancy bastards :pac:


  • #58
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    we got zoom


  • #59
    Sterling Archer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Sterling Archer


    countdown ohhh


  • #60
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers.

    The Red Bull Stratos team brings together the world's leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication. It includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Felix will strive to break.

    Joe's record jump from 102,800 ft in 1960 was during a time when no one knew if a human could survive a jump from the edge of space. Joe was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and had already taken a balloon to 97,000 feet in Project ManHigh and survived a drogue mishap during a jump from 76,400 feet in Excelsior I. The Excelsior III mission was his 33rd parachute jump.

    Although researching extremes was part of the program's goals, setting records wasn't the mission's purpose. Joe ascended in helium balloon launched from the back of a truck. He wore a pressurized suit on the way up in an open, unpressurized gondola. Scientific data captured from Joe's jump was shared with U.S. research personnel for development of the space program. Today Felix and his specialized team hope to take what was learned from Joe's jumps more than 50 years ago and press forward to test the edge of the human envelope.

    no chance of that happening. terminal velocity anyone?


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  • #61
    Dead Man Walking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Dead Man Walking


    T minus 3


  • #62
    Flynn
    Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭Flynn


    It's going off!


  • #63
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    Here we go :-)


  • #64
    Flynn
    Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭Flynn


    As there is no sound im looking for something to play in the background, Sigor ros might be fitting :) suggestions?!


  • #65
    [Deleted User]
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    Any idea when it'll happen?


  • #66
    AnonoBoy
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    2 minutes? But I want it NOOOOWWWWWWW....... :mad:


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  • #67
    Renn
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    Another two hours till he jumps, right?


  • #68
    AnonoBoy
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    Flynn wrote: »
    As there is no sound im looking for something to play in the background, Sigor ros might be fitting :) suggestions?!

    AC/DC.
    Run DMC.
    Sharon Shannon.

    All the usual suspects will work for this one.


  • #69
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    T minus 1 minute


  • #70
    Dead Man Walking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Dead Man Walking


    T minus 1


  • #71
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    IM0 wrote: »
    no chance of that happening. terminal velocity anyone?
    You're thinking of inside the atmosphere


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  • #72
    AnonoBoy
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    Any chance this is a massive joke and they're just going to feck him out of a catapult?


  • #73
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    10 sec....


  • #74
    Sterling Archer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Sterling Archer


    IM0 wrote: »
    no chance of that happening. terminal velocity anyone?

    little Air resistance for a bit of the drop


  • #75
    Prick!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 936 ✭✭✭Prick!


    Link anyone? Link posted earlier doesn't show live feed.


  • #76
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    beautiful zooming :D


  • #77
    AnonoBoy
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    Renn wrote: »
    Another two hours till he jumps, right?

    Probably something close to that.


  • #78
    Flynn
    Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭Flynn


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    AC/DC.
    Run DMC.
    Sharon Shannon.

    All the usual suspects will work for this one.

    Space Jam


  • #79
    wobbles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭wobbles


    Live on setanta at the moment as well


  • #80
    [Deleted User]
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    What is going through his mind, I wonder?!?


  • #81
    Prick!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 936 ✭✭✭Prick!


    How can anyone survive the speed of light. Surely the blood would leave your organs?


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  • #82
    stmol32
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    How long will it take the ballon to get up to the stratoshphere do ye reckon.
    I want to get home from work and watch it there (about fifteen minutes walk), do I have time?


  • #83
    ooPabsoo
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    Prick! wrote: »
    Link anyone? Link posted earlier doesn't show live feed.



  • #84
    Renn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭Renn


    Prick! wrote: »
    How can anyone survive the speed of light. Surely the blood would leave your organs?

    Sound!


  • #85
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    the chute takes away from it, if he was aiming for a 4ft rubber pool with 8 inches of water, now that would be impressive.


  • #86
    Prick!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 936 ✭✭✭Prick!


    Renn wrote: »
    Sound!

    Sorry :P
    Still, speed of sound is fast. I feel funny on a Waltzer :pac:


  • #87
    wobbles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭wobbles


    Prick! wrote: »
    How can anyone survive the speed of light. Surely the blood would leave your organs?

    Hes not attempting light speed (an physical impossibility) hes trying to go supersonic.

    Cancelled now anyway i think for today


  • #88
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    And now over to a man staring intently at something which you are staring intently at.


  • #89
    Squ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Squ


    wobbles wrote: »
    Live on setanta at the moment as well

    Thank you!


  • #90
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    How long will it take him to go up?


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  • #91
    antodeco
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    Prick! wrote: »
    How can anyone survive the speed of light. Surely the blood would leave your organs?

    Oh. Dear. Lord.!!


  • #92
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Aborting :(


  • #93
    Renn
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    Aborted.


  • #94
    Diageio_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭Diageio_Man


    Abort ffs.


  • #95
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Abort.

    Let down.


  • #96
    Andy-Pandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭Andy-Pandy


    Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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  • #97
    Dead Man Walking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 179 ✭✭Dead Man Walking


    fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu wind


  • #98
    Prick!
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 936 ✭✭✭Prick!


    antodeco wrote: »
    Oh. Dear. Lord.!!

    Yeah, I realise I made an error. I didn't mean light.


  • #99
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    and its off!


  • #100
    kingtut
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    So postponed until tomorrow :(


  • #101
    Saganist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Saganist


    ABORT ABORT


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