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Man attempts to break the sound barrier by jumping from 120,000ft • Page 3
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Kostabi 5,915 posts
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Immaterial 2,234 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI have to admit that my interest in this has died off when I heard that the live feed was on a 20 second delay in case anything goes wrong.
And I only watch formula 1 for the crashes, too. -
jonsaan 26,774 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI would have thought wind was the least of his worries to be honest. Maybe he's just decided he doesn't want to die? -
CosmicFuzz 32,214 posts
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Registered 11 years agoImmaterial wrote:
That's rather disturbing.
I have to admit that my interest in this has died off when I heard that the live feed was on a 20 second delay in case anything goes wrong.
And I only watch formula 1 for the crashes, too. -
DaM 17,060 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI hope they haven't etched his name into the Darwin Award, if he does chicken out now.
If it was me, I'd struggle to jump off. I'd hide in the corner and just sneak off after it crashed. -
teamHAM 3,777 posts
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Registered 10 years agoThey are going to try Thursday apparently but yeah, only a few weeks of weather left this year for this to be viable. -
the_dudefather 10,731 posts
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Registered 13 years agoLooks like it's happening soon
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
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happening NOW
Edited by the_dudefather at 16:30:53 14-10-2012 -
oceanmotion 17,316 posts
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Registered 15 years agoCool launch. Really fast when the balloon was reaching it's peak. -
Kostabi 5,915 posts
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Registered 13 years agoTotal badassery. -
oceanmotion 17,316 posts
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Registered 15 years ago110 thousand feet to go... -
Slint1000 3,110 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThis is pretty interesting so far but all I keep thinking is just "JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP DAMNIT!"
Although I am quite impatient. -
Aye, I'm in the same boat Slint. The ascent is slowing down now, think I'll keep it on in the background and check back for jump time. Looks a tad chilly that high up .gif)
Edited by Ironlungs76 at 17:28:08 14-10-2012 -
MrDigital 1,885 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSo when will he actually jump? If all goes to plan of course. -
Salaman 23,036 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThose checklists don't really make for the most interesting or most riviting watching.
The commentator is godawfully bad though. -
MrDigital 1,885 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@Salaman Not really much to say though, is there? -
elstoof 19,813 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI think I read somewhere it's a two and half float to your doom, like the end of Angelheart in reverse basically. -
Salaman 23,036 posts
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Registered 14 years agoExactly, so get someone who can fill one or two hours with some pseudo interesting waffle, can string sentences together smoothly and doesn't have a really annoying voice.
Any estimate on when the jump will be so I can ignore it until he actually does. -
elstoof 19,813 posts
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Registered 13 years agoGet some test cricket commentators on there, they can waffle on about what they had for breakfast all the way until afternoon tea without even a whiff of action. -
83,000 feet. Getting closer now! -
Kostabi 5,915 posts
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Registered 13 years agoNot far now - 104,000 feet.
I don't care how much of a daredevil he is, I bet he wants to shit his pants when he opens that door. -
MrDigital 1,885 posts
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Registered 8 years agoHe's now past the record height, right?
So unless he gets trapped in the capsule... he will still break the record for highest jump ever, even if he dies. -
Kostabi 5,915 posts
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Registered 13 years agoYup, he passed it a minute or so a go.
Does it actually count if he dies? -
elstoof 19,813 posts
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Registered 13 years agoI think he can float back down if need be. -
elstoof 19,813 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAlso, according to the BBC article the other day, people have jumped from higher than kittinger but all died. -
sport 14,224 posts
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Registered 12 years agoTake the helmet off you poof!!! -
MrDigital 1,885 posts
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Registered 8 years agoelstoof wrote:
He's broken it now.
Also, according to the BBC article the other day, people have jumped from higher than kittinger but all died. -
Kostabi 5,915 posts
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Registered 13 years agoHighest man tied to balloon ever! -
Won't he be jumping around now if there is a 20 minute time delay on the video? In fact, won't he right at this moment be falling?
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