 santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost TooPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Wilmington, IL
kudos:1 | Space Jump Did anyone watch the live broadcast of Felix Baumgartner's Space jump? It was really incredible. He got the record for highest manned balloon flight, fastest freefall (broke the sound barrier) and Highest skydive jump. He didn't quite make the longest freefall record tho.
More info can be found at www.redbullstratos.com.
That man has got to be the most courageous I've ever seen. I wouldn't jump out of an airplane let alone a capsule at the edge of space..
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 jaynicklit upPremium
join:2001-02-06
Sterling Heights, MI
kudos:2 | That's quite a feat! |
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santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost TooPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Wilmington, IL
kudos:1 | Yes it is.. I'm waiting on the press conference. Supposed to happen soon. They were testing the video feed and sound a few minutes ago on the page I linked to.
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 lonnybBlessed Beyond BeliefPremium
join:2004-01-25
Dayton, OH | reply to santy
That's far out (up?). |
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santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost TooPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Wilmington, IL
kudos:1 | Definitely up there. 180,097 ft high. Little over 24 miles up. Unofficial speed 1137 kmh, duration jump 9:03, duration of freefall 4:19 .
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 IcarusBig Trouble In Little HelixPremium,Mod
join:2000-11-08
Soulshine! | reply to santy
I did watch it. The entire thing from the launch to the landing and Im not afraid to admit that it was wicked stressful to see too! Adrenaline junkies kinda scare me! |
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santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost TooPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Wilmington, IL
kudos:1 | reply to santy
Live press conference going on now.
max velocity is 373 meters per second. Mach 1.24 around 830mph. Quite amazing to say the least.
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Soulshine! | 3 lengths of a football field in the time it takes to snap your fingers. Yaeh.....I think Id pee myself a lil bit!  |
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santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost TooPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Wilmington, IL
kudos:1 | Press conference is interesting to watch too. He tumbled quite a bit at first. Said it was hard to figure out how to correct for the tumble/spin when you have no feeling or reference to go by because of being in a pressure suite.
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 rusdiAmerican VPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-28
Flippin, AR
kudos:1 | reply to santy
I watched it, live on AXS.
Sounded from his voice, he may have been a little stressed.
I know I would have been. Jumping outa' a perfectly good balloon, and falling five minutes! 
Looked like he tumbled pretty violently for a minute or two.
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 signmeuptooThank you YankeesPremium
join:2001-11-22
NanoParticle
kudos:4 | reply to santy
I was gone for a day and a half, so I missed it. Wow. What an achievement. |
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 jopfefKeeper of the BeaglesPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-31
Saint Louis, MO
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I'm glad he made it back down to Mother Earth safely. Otherwise, he would've made one helluva splat. Yuck. 
I hope he's done with free-falling from the edge of space. Time to keep his feet on the planet now and find something less insane to do. I do wonder what it is with guys that like to do these sort of crazy things....  |
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 mattmagPremium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-04-09
NW Illinois
kudos:3 | I watched it, and thought it was quite an amazing effort and accomplishment. He had an amazing support staff on-hand too for "just a skydive"... 
He said its his last jump, and now he just wants to be a good helicopter pilot, and learn to rescue people and things like that. He "thought that would be fun".
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 markofmayhemWhy not now?Premium
join:2004-04-08
Pittsburgh, PA
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said by jopfef:I do wonder what it is with guys that like to do these sort of crazy things....
In a society that has become complacent in exploration, forcing progression in science, faith, and feat with something silly as "records" is necessary sometimes.
I say this fully knowing that my microwaved hot-pocket was a result of wanting to put a man on the moon.
Secondary outcomes are enormous.
said by JFK :There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too...
Within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. Some 40 of them were "made in the United States of America" and they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those of the Soviet Union.
The Mariner spacecraft now on its way to Venus is the most intricate instrument in the history of space science. The accuracy of that shot is comparable to firing a missile from Cape Canaveral and dropping it in this stadium between the the 40-yard lines.
Transit satellites are helping our ships at sea to steer a safer course. Tiros satellites have given us unprecedented warnings of hurricanes and storms, and will do the same for forest fires and icebergs. I ask... why NOT? Some amazing intellect and effort went into this jump, just with the suit alone:
»www.redbullstratos.com/technolog···-helmet/
I'm glad there are guys who want to do crazy things, my entire day is filled with stuff as a result: from safer cars, ergonomic chairs, computers, communication, cheap lunch, weather forecast, safety safety safety EVERYWHERE imaginable, etc, etc, etc.
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santyDon't Follow Me, I'M Lost TooPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-10
Wilmington, IL
kudos:1 | Exactly my thoughts too. They were saying that the results of this jump will help provide proof and baseline technologies for future space missions and high altitude pilots to be able to survive bailouts before entering space.
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 usa2kBlessedPremium,MVM
join:2003-01-26
Redford, MI
kudos:3 | reply to santy
Re: Space Jump Maybe he will offer tandem jumps now? |
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signmeuptooThank you YankeesPremium
join:2001-11-22
NanoParticle
kudos:4 | reply to santy
Re: Space Jump Man, imagine, going up into outer space orbit WITHOUT a space ship, but just a suit! |
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markofmayhemWhy not now?Premium
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| said by signmeuptoo:Man, imagine, going up into outer space orbit WITHOUT a space ship, but just a suit!
I do! Roughly every 15 minutes while at work, staring at this red fabric covered "wall"....
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