LIVE : Freefall from the edge of space
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- utopian0
"The Red Bull Stratos team has maintained all along that this is no mere stunt. It's hoped that the extensive research that went into this mission will benefit future astronauts, and make their missions safer."
– Red Bull
- HijoDMaite0
according to that latitude and longitude he is at, if he were to fall right now and fall directly to earth he would land in Tosa Bay Japan
- wrong: Tatum, NM 88267kingkong
- you're right. i didn't type in the negativeHijoDMaite
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- Hombre_Lobo0
Lets not forget the original hero -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos…In which the first attemp of a high altitude jump he nearly died, but still did a further two jumps.
What the red bull dude is doing is v impressive and brave, but kittinger did it not knowing what would happen with 1950's equipment. That takes some massive balls.
His balls were so big that on one jump he noticed "one of the seals around his wrist leaked reducing the pressure in his suit (pressure which keeps the oxygen in his blood from boiling). He said nothing out of fear of the jump being canceled. So his hand swelled to twice its normal size. The swelling resealed the suit, almost certainly saving his life."
Thankfully the red bull dude gives credit to kittinger and kittinger is an advisor and radio man on this jump.
Kittinger holds loads of records.
having the highest, fastest and 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 balloonSome people also believe he was the first man to break the sound barrier, as the air gets less dense the higher you go, causing free fall speeds to increase, but as far as I know this isn't confirmed.
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- kingkong0
I think its all to see what how the speed of sound rips apart a human body so that for astronauts they can say dont jump out of a space craft if its buggered.
- robotron3k0
wow why isnt he jumping? 25 miles up.
- you are looking at the kilometers, he's at 27 now, he'll jump at around 37 (23 miles)ernexbcn
- Hombre_Lobo0
They say that gravity has such little effect at those high altitudes, that the only thing that brought Joseph kittinger back down to earth was his gigantic balls.
Fact.
- kingkong0
head first of feet first?
- robotron3k0
somewhere a NASA employee is saying "I told you so..."
- ideaist0
Watching this at 1080p in rural Ontario, Canada is pretty rad.
Godspeed Felix!!!
- GeorgesII0
I was hoping for some alien action,
still nothing...
- ernexbcn0
4.4 million people watching the YouTube stream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?fea…
Plus 40 TV networks from 50 countries broadcasting it.
- GeorgesII0
if you open another window with the live feed there's a delay of 5 sec
- CygnusZero40
Couldnt they put some boosters on this fucking thing? This is ridiculous.
- mg330
I've got this streaming on my 60" tv, quality is awesome.
- ernexbcn0
1st world record achieved.
- mg330
Wow, wasn't sure where the video of the balloon and capsule is coming from, and it's from Mission Control. Damn... 40 miles away and 20+ miles up or whatever.
What kind of lenses and gear do you think they're using for that?