Mission to the Edge Of Space Watch it live Now!!!

[dustermaniac]

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

 

[dustermaniac]

16.000 ft and rising!!!

 

[notenoughcash]

also live on Discovery and Velocity

 

[My*65*Dart]

I'm watching it!!!!

 

[dustermaniac]

He is at 68,000 ft and still going higher!!

 

[65LoveAffair]

DId any of you catch what he was saying about his heater not working? I didn't quite catch the entire conversation between him and Kittinger.

 

[dustermaniac]

I think he was referring to the heater inside his helmet. Not Sure though.

 

[pettybludart]

Is he gonna jump today??

 

[dustermaniac]

Yes he is.

 

[65LoveAffair]

Let's hope that he has better luck than Kittinger did in 1960. When Kittinger did this, he lost pressure in one of his gloves and suffered some pretty serious damage to his hand.

 

[notenoughcash]

Soooo.....given the opportunity, who'd do this ? I would

 

[65LoveAffair]

On an interesting side note, today is the 65th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's first supersonic flight in the Bell X-1.

And I would do this in a heartbeat!!! Where do I need to sign?

 

[dustermaniac]

I would also.

 

[nuttyprof]

What happens to the capsule after he jumps? Will it just be allowed to fall wherever?

 

[65LoveAffair]

The capsule has its own parachute.

 

[Snake]

This is awesome.

 

[notenoughcash]

125K up my bet on jump height

 

[67Dart273]

125K up my bet on jump height

Wouldn't that be cool? 126 'n up!! I hear 127? 130?

 

[notenoughcash]

looks like about 127K, that's up there!

 

[65LoveAffair]

Jump is near! Conducting Egress Checklist now, currently at 127,703ft. Go baby go!!!

 

[dustermaniac]

No turning back now. he is getting ready to bail out! Hope he is safe and praying for a good safe landing.

 

[notenoughcash]

Soonofa.....yeee-freaking-haaa thats haulin ***

 

[dustermaniac]

Wow!!! That was incredible!!!!

 

[65LoveAffair]

Bad thing is, what does this guy do for a thrill after this? It's pretty hard to top it.

 

[notenoughcash]

Standup landing!