Red Bull 23 mile parachute jump was ON is now OFF

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:34 pm

Live streaming it...can watch it right in this thread, I guess...

Edit: gusty winds were blowing the balloon all over the place prior to launch. ABORT.

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:08 pm

Bummer.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:51 pm

That means that somebody else could do it before him.

I am willing to chip in to get a pool going if Andy agrees to try.

Batboy2/75 · Post by **Batboy2/75** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:00 pm

Looks like they are shooting for Sunday.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:02 am

I'll be there (virtually)

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:11 pm

NBD. I'd do it if I could borrow a suit.

JonnyCat · Post by **JonnyCat** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:50 pm

Felix is going for it (watching live).

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:12 pm

It's a link that you should click.

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

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:46 pm

Bet he makes it without incident.

Mickey O'neil · Post by **Mickey O'neil** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:17 pm

That was great.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:18 pm

Fine, I am impressed.

JonnyCat · Post by **JonnyCat** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:21 pm

Success! That was radical!

Gav · Post by **Gav** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:21 pm

Big cojones Felix. Bravo!

Gary John · Post by **Gary John** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:43 pm

Watched it.

Kind of disappointed it was a success. Would have won the Darwin award hands down.

Thatcher II · Post by **Thatcher II** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:55 pm

A real David Bowie moment when he just jumped into space and quickly became a dot. I was quite literally amazed.

Thatcher II · Post by **Thatcher II** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:57 pm

For proto

tough old man · Post by **tough old man** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:59 pm

that.....was.......AWESOME!!!!!

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:52 pm

Mach 1.24

Trying to imagine how much faster Big Peach would have been

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:36 am

I missed it. Did he break the sound barrier?

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:03 am

Andy79 wrote:I missed it. Did he break the sound barrier?

Yep.

Kittinger, the mission controller impressed the hell out of me as well. He was the only person communicating with Felix, helping break his own record and did so at the age of 84.

Protobuilder · Post by **Protobuilder** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:04 am

Terry B. wrote:
Andy79 wrote:I missed it. Did he break the sound barrier?
Yep.

Kittinger, the mission controller impressed the hell out of me as well. He was the only person communicating with Felix, helping break his own record and did so at the age of 84.

Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II (born July 27, 1928) is a former command pilot, career military officer and retired Colonel in the United States Air Force. He is most famous for his participation in Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior, holding the records for having the second longest skydive, from a height greater than 31 kilometres (19 mi),[1] and for being the first man to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a gas balloon. In 2012 at the age of 84 he participated in the Red Bull Stratos project as mission controller, directing Felix Baumgartner on his record breaking 128,000 ft freefall from Earth's stratosphere. Serving as a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, he achieved an aerial kill of a North Vietnamese jet fighter and was later shot down himself, spending 11 months as a prisoner of war in a North Vietnamese prison.

Damn, every kid needs to know about this guy.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:29 am

Watching him jump reminded me of the insertion of troops in Starship Trooper (the book, not the movie).

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 1:47 am

Mach 1.2! Wow holy shit!

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:07 am

Probably one of the greatest things I've seen.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:09 am

Has anybody else broken Mach with only a pressure suit on?

IGX

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