Watching the space jump live on Discovery right now (you can watch it on-line). He is currentlyt at 53,000 feet. Outside temperature is -91F.
Pretty cool. He's got a bit over an hour to go before he reaches the goal altitude.
Space Jump
Watching the space jump live on Discovery right now (you can watch it on-line). He is currentlyt at 53,000 feet. Outside temperature is -91F.
Pretty cool. He's got a bit over an hour to go before he reaches the goal altitude.
Yeah, I'm watching it as well......seems to be having a problem with a heater at the moment.
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94,000 feet now, This is darn cool to watch.
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I had a compass, but without a map, it's just a cool toy to show you where oceans and ice are.
Makes me think of all the times that I pushed a bicycle up these hills just to coast down the other side. It was fun then, dunno if that would be the same rush now.
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I'm thinking the cool part is that it's people/business doing this, instead of governments.......That's the way it shoud be.
Kinda like James Cameron's dive.
Hey i got some bucks, and i wanna do.......(whatever)......lets go.
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First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
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He did it......WOW.....Very cool.
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Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
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that was pretty cool. Still doesn't make me interested in drinking a Redbull though.
Landed standing on his feet!
With that suit on...
Yep, that was something.
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Well DAGNABIT!!!!! At 2:47 of his free fall power went out. Some driver took out a power pole about a mile up the road. Guess I'll watch the vids later.
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I was wondering why with only seconds from the free fall record they didn't let him go a little longer and break the record. Someone had to figure that the speed he needed to break the sound barrier would cause him to miss the free fall record.
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