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Topic: So, this is happening tomorrow.Posted: 08 October 2012 at 3:27pm |
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Posted: 08 October 2012 at 4:12pm |
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Posted: 08 October 2012 at 4:30pm |
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I'm not 100% sure, but I thought Joseph Kitinger fell at supersonic speeds in the 60s when making a similar jump from somewhere around 100K feet.
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Posted: 08 October 2012 at 4:42pm |
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He didn't quite make it. I think he came up around 80 MPH too slow.
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Posted: 08 October 2012 at 5:21pm |
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He passed, IIRC the standard speed of sound in a standard atmosphere. He did not break it for the altitude he was at.
The difference between going faster than 768mph and actually breaking Mach 1. I could be wrong. KBK |
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Posted: 09 October 2012 at 1:30pm |
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Anywho, they are getting ready to launch the balloon shortly. It is being broadcast live here http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
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Posted: 09 October 2012 at 1:36pm |
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Live on Discovery channel too.
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Posted: 09 October 2012 at 1:43pm |
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They just canceled it for today because of the wind.
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Posted: 09 October 2012 at 1:49pm |
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And cancelled due to wind. I was really looking forward to seeing this.
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 10:02am |
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So, I think they are trying it again this morning. Unless Discovery forgot to remove the "live" tag.
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 10:06am |
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yeah, in a bout an hour.
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 11:47am |
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Balloon is on its way up. about an hour and a half left until he gets to jump altitude.
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 12:35pm |
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It may take a few goes to get the live feed going, it must be getting skelped with the demand on it atm.
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 1:45pm |
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Boy that balloon picked up speed when it hit 123,000'
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 1:52pm |
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I'm thinking he'll hit 130k"
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 1:57pm |
He hit 130,000" quite a while back ;) ha Jeebus, he's about to go. Edited by usafpilot07 - 14 October 2012 at 1:57pm |
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:19pm |
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Anyone else get nervous when he started spinning like crazy?
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:23pm |
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Just a little bit. I'm excited to get the official result on his speed.
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:31pm |
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Missed the freefall record, but took 2 possibly 3 others.
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Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:34pm |
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He took highest free fall, fastest free fall, and highest manned balloon flight.
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