Red Bull Stratos skydive

[Bubba1]

Anyone following this? It's pretty cool. For those unaware, daredevil Felix Baumgartner is planning to take a helium filled balloon up and skydive from a record 120,000 ft up. He is expected to hit the sound barrier on the way down.
The old record was 102,800 set back in 1960.

Weather permitting he jumps this morning. here's their website with live feed (click on "live"):

http://www.redbullstratos.com/

[BusyBadger]

Yeah, I'll actually get to keep tabs on this one since his jump (drop?) last Tuesday was delayed due to weather.

[Bubba1]

Yeah, I'll actually get to keep tabs on this one since his jump (drop?) last Tuesday was delayed due to weather.

Balloon is on it's way, passing 21,000 feet. climbing around 1000' per minute. Should be jumping in about 2 hours

[sbird1]

Damn it, it takes so long to get up there! We're going to go see Seven Psychopaths in a bit and will be in the movie when he jumps. That makes me sad, but this is awesome.

[danshaz82]

pretty rad that its on the same day Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a plane

[Bubba1]

pretty rad that its on the same day Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a plane

Dang, 93000 ft. he'll be breaking the balloon altitude record in about 10 minutes.

[darylzero]

104,000 ft now, this guy is crazy

[PapaSmurf2k3]

boom

[PapaSmurf2k3]

He was tumbling quite a bit, I didn't see him crack 765 MPH.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Doesn't look like he broke the freefall record, OR the sound barrier.

Although I must say, I'd very much like a red bull right about now.

[bigbadberry3]

What's the speed of sound at that altitude? Too lazy to determine it myself.

[danshaz82]

from what i have heard, he broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.24 = 833.9mph / 1342kph

[bigbadberry3]

from what i have heard, he broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.24 = 833.9mph / 1342kph

At sea height, speed of sound will change with altitude, temp, even what air is composed of. I want to know if he broke it in the medium which he was falling through.

Time to get out my slide rule.

[danshaz82]

i didnt mean for that to sound like an answer to your question haha. i was just throwing that out there.

[bigbadberry3]

i didnt mean for that to sound like an answer to your question haha. i was just throwing that out there.

Sorry! Just seemed coincidental

[danshaz82]

yeah, i realized that after i posted my bad
so heres a super rad gif!

[bigbadberry3]

Did we get a helmet camera tape?

[PapaSmurf2k3]

It would probably suck, he was tumbling wildly. I'm surprised he didn't blow chunks in the suit.

[danshaz82]

my brother told me that theyre saving the helmet cam footage for the dvd

[Razi]

Isn't that great, but here's a chest cam.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBbm7gKG84[/youtube]

[Bmore-coupe]

[themadscientist]

haha!

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Homeboy just went up a notch in my book.

[Bubba1]

[MinisterofDOOM]

Red Bull:


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Stratos:


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EFFING AMAZING?! It must happen.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Personally,I love how Red Bull spends their money.
They are like the google of tangible objects, only, dare I say, better?

[Razi]

Personally,I love how Red Bull spends their money.
They are like the google of tangible objects, only, dare I say, better?

[szh]

Here is a long version ... almost all of the entire jump, with the radio voice controllers and Felix's voice too.

http://www.wimp.com/spacefall/

"Item 28: Slide the seat forward"
"Item 29: Release seat-belt"

The controller had to ask Felix twice - maybe he did not hear it the first time. At that point, I think I would have been saying "Uh ... no. Thanks, but no thanks. I ain't going out there".

Seriously, this was awesome. I would love to have been in his shoes for this.

Z

[float_6969]

Stats verified:
Felix Baumgartner records:
-Flew to an attitude 39,045 metres / 128,100 feet where he stepped out and fell to the earth

-Reached maximum speed of 1,342.8 km/h / 833.9 mph making Baumgartner the first human to break the speed of sound in freefall and achieving the records for (pending certification): freefall from the highest altitude, longest vertical distance in freefall
and highest manned balloon flight.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/10/18/re ... -verified/

[alms24sebring]

You know I might be deathly afraid of rollercoasters, even the Scooby Doo rides, but I would love to die alittle inside to see Earth's beauty from above. I remember the vid of the first jump from 19 miles decades ago