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Free Fall From The Edge Of Space: Live Stream *Youtube link updated*

1,853 197 October 9, 2012 at 09:41 AM Youtube
You can watch it here......

He is expecting to break the sound barrier at :40 secs in to the jump.


EDIT: Updated link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feat...IxH6DToXQ#!


http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
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AngryPirate
10-10-2012 at 12:12 PM.
10-10-2012 at 12:12 PM.
Quote from Jabbit :
The balloon he is going up in is 1/10th the thickness of a Ziploc bag, and can be damaged by 6 mph winds.

Interestingly enough, he will NOT be the first person to break the sound barrier while freefalling - http://www.barthworks.com/aviatio...reakup.htm (tl;dr - In 1966, an SR-71 basically exploded at over Mach 3 and one of the people survived, other did not.)
Holy shit that was a crazy story. It would of been funny if the Cowboy flew in and told the pilot he owed him 3 cows and an antelope.
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Daveismyhero
10-11-2012 at 11:20 AM.
10-11-2012 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from Jabbit :
The balloon he is going up in is 1/10th the thickness of a Ziploc bag, and can be damaged by 6 mph winds.

Interestingly enough, he will NOT be the first person to break the sound barrier while freefalling - http://www.barthworks.com/aviatio...reakup.htm (tl;dr - In 1966, an SR-71 basically exploded at over Mach 3 and one of the people survived, other did not.)
Thanks very much for sharing that story. I am an airplane nut and hearing tales of the SR-71 is good for one's soul.
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Jabbit
10-11-2012 at 12:43 PM.
10-11-2012 at 12:43 PM.
Quote from ditb :
Thanks very much for sharing that story. I am an airplane nut and hearing tales of the SR-71 is good for one's soul.
No problem! I was fascinated by it. Make sure you click all the links at the bottom, too. Nothing as cool as the pilot's tale, but some interesting facts/anecdotes.
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TigerStar
10-14-2012 at 09:25 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:25 AM.
Watching it now.
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UncleJase
10-14-2012 at 09:26 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:26 AM.
I almost missed this!
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TigerStar
10-14-2012 at 09:38 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:38 AM.
So he's at 67,000 feet right now. How high is he going until he jumps?
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UncleJase
10-14-2012 at 09:40 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:40 AM.
Quote from TigerStar :
So he's at 67,000 feet right now. How high is he going until he jumps?
23 miles
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TigerStar
10-14-2012 at 09:49 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:49 AM.
I'm confused.
The numbers on the top of the screen show ~74,000 ft and it looks like the right number is 22.6 m. I'm assuming this is miles but 74,000 ft != 22 miles.

What do the numbers represent?
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Dr. J
10-14-2012 at 09:52 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:52 AM.
one crazy mofo.

live stream on discovery channel too.

number on right is kilometers, left is feet. 10,000 ft is 3.048 km. not sure why they don't have a k on there.

still awhile to wait until ~ 121,000 ft.
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TigerStar
10-14-2012 at 09:53 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:53 AM.
Quote from Dr. J :
one crazy mofo.

live stream on discovery channel too.

number on right is kilometers, left is feet. 10,000 ft is 3.048 km. not sure why they don't have a k on there.
...just to confuse Americans like me.

Thx
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Dr. J
10-14-2012 at 09:57 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:57 AM.
Quote from TigerStar :
...just to confuse Americans like me.

Thx

I'm an American too.

But also an engineer Wink
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UncleJase
10-14-2012 at 09:58 AM.
10-14-2012 at 09:58 AM.
Gonna be awhile but I don't want to stop watching in case something happens and he has to jump early.
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mrlaugh
10-14-2012 at 10:14 AM.
10-14-2012 at 10:14 AM.
Quote from Dr. J :
one crazy mofo.

live stream on discovery channel too.

number on right is kilometers, left is feet. 10,000 ft is 3.048 km. not sure why they don't have a k on there.

still awhile to wait until ~ 121,000 ft.
don't Europeans switch the , and . in their numbers?

the redbull website just says the full number in meters without any , or .

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live
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Dr. J
10-14-2012 at 10:18 AM.
10-14-2012 at 10:18 AM.
Quote from mrlaugh :
don't Europeans switch the , and . in their numbers?

the redbull website just says the full number in meters without any , or .

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live

bah yeah I was just sitting here realizing that.

. for europeans is , so the number is accurate in meters. It's the 10-base of the metric system that makes for the easy mistaken conversion. Thank God for the idiocy of Imperial units which wouldn't allow for such a mistake laugh out loud
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UncleJase
10-14-2012 at 10:23 AM.
10-14-2012 at 10:23 AM.
the shot from outside the capsule is an awesome sight
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