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Offline rayuki

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Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« on: Sun, 14 October 2012, 12:17:12 »
this is live right now, dude is at 100k feet not long before he jumps.

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http://www.redbullstratos.com

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Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more than 50 years. Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and make a record-breaking freefall jump in the attempt to become the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour), while delivering valuable data for medical and scientific advancement.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 14 October 2012, 18:01:20 »
Aaaaand he made it!
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 14 October 2012, 19:00:46 »
Well then. That was cool. Everyone's going insane over it still
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 14 October 2012, 19:24:28 »
He's a crazy dude, gotta give him some props for it though.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 14 October 2012, 19:26:30 »
That's crazy
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 14 October 2012, 19:36:57 »
It looked fun to me :\
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 00:57:50 »
A little related, but also nsfw:

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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 19:18:14 »
I went up to 125,000ft, jumped into a freefall at 700mph+, landed.



No big deal  :cool:
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 15 October 2012, 19:28:55 »
Quote from: tjcaustin on Mon, 15 October 2012, 00:57:50
A little related, but also nsfw:

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I LoL'd.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #9 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 01:01:22 »
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #10 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 01:19:55 »
Coolest of the cool.
Plus Kittinger was there.
Plus Yeager did a sonic boom anniversary flight at Edwards 65 years to the minute of being the first man to break the barrier.


Kittinger on August 16, 1960



Very, very, very, cool to have all these elements together.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #11 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 01:26:21 »
Yeah, ok, so he broke the sound barrier.

SO WHAT ARE WE GONG TO DO WITH A BROKEN SOUND BARRIER!??!!11!

And WHO is going to pay to fix it???//
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #12 on: Tue, 16 October 2012, 01:30:06 »
Ah, humanity....

But in true internet tradition, I'm still not impressed..
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Re: Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 17 October 2012, 10:56:02 »
I can't help but feel the only reason he broke the sound barrier was because of his brass balls...[/ignoring_science]
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