Red Bull Stratos 23 mile jump

• Speedofsand

  

  Felix is in the capsule ready to try again. Liftoff at noon eastern.
  
  http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
• justincredible

  

  Just turned on Discovery to watch.
• Automatik

  

  He's climbing.
  
  Felix is crayyyyyyy
• Automatik

  

  2 hours ascent to jump height and he's only 16 min in.
• Speedofsand

  

  Joe Kittinger is the MAN. These videos are the story of what today's jump is imitating over 50 years later.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWVEGLJBjbU
  
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qZzEMoTlMI&feature=channel&list=UL
  
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqUG4DcqYFc&feature=relmfu
• said_aouita

  

  It would be awesome during free fall if he struck a flock of geese.
• justincredible

  

  said_aouita;1294908 wrote:It would be awesome during free fall if he struck a flock of geese.

  That doesn't seem awesome at all. That seems like it might do some damage.
• Trueblue23

  

  I'm watching too... it's insane.
  
  He's at 53,000 feet and still has 10 miles to go. Wow.
• Iliketurtles

  

  This is pretty fucking sweet.
• Automatik

  

  60 min into the ascent and halfway there.
• Barry Badrinath

  Oh shit. No face heat.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  This is awesome.
• sportchampps

  Crazy what time is he supposed to launch
• Automatik

  

  When he gets to around 120 min into the ascent.
• OSH

  

  I see that it's near Roswell...is he an alien?
  
  I will be tuning in to the rest of it.
• sportchampps

  This is intense I just turned it what's the closest someone has came to doing this before
• Trueblue23

  

  Just hit the 22 mile mark!
• said_aouita

  

  No way this stunt ends well. Thank goodness it's on delay.
• Trueblue23

  

  23 miles
• Automatik

  

  said_aouita;1294941 wrote:No way this stunt ends well. Thank goodness it's on delay.

  So they are pulling one over us with this "live" broadcast?
• Trueblue23

  

  That balloon is not looking too great
• End of Line

  

  This is simply fucking awesome.
• Automatik

  

  Trueblue23;1294949 wrote:That balloon is not looking too great

  They said earlier it is expected to expand significantly once he hits a certain altitude.
• sportchampps

  Just wow
• Classyposter58

  

  I doubt he survives this, the pressure in the capsule is so much higher than the pressure in his suit. Something may go bad considering he's gotta go 60k feet where your body can boil