So, this is happening tomorrow.
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Topic: So, this is happening tomorrow.
Posted By: evillepaintball
Subject: So, this is happening tomorrow.
Date Posted: 08 October 2012 at 3:27pm
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http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/08/us/skydiver-record-attempt/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn" rel="nofollow - http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/08/us/skydiver-record-attempt/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 08 October 2012 at 4:12pm
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gl;dd. ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 08 October 2012 at 4:30pm
| 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. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date 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 By: Kayback
Date 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 ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date 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/" rel="nofollow - http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ -------------
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 09 October 2012 at 1:36pm
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Live on Discovery channel too. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date 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 By: evillepaintball
Date 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 By: usafpilot07
Date 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. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 10:06am
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yeah, in a bout an hour. -------------
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date 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 By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 12:35pm
| It may take a few goes to get the live feed going, it must be getting skelped with the demand on it atm. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 1:45pm
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Boy that balloon picked up speed when it hit 123,000' ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 1:52pm
| I'm thinking he'll hit 130k" |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 1:57pm
He hit 130,000" quite a while back ;) ha Jeebus, he's about to go. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
rednekk98 wrote:Posted By: deadeye007
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:19pm
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Anyone else get nervous when he started spinning like crazy? ------------- Face it guys, common sense is a form of wealth and we're surrounded by poverty.-Strato |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date 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 By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:31pm
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Missed the freefall record, but took 2 possibly 3 others. wow. ------------- ? |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date 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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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:42pm
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The craziest moment was when he saluted, then just walked off the step. Boss. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 2:51pm
| Parachutes are for sissies. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 3:09pm
| What a cool thing to see. I love that as the assent was happening, it wasn't on TV anywhere, and hundreds of thousands of people were watching live on youtube. We live in the future. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 3:23pm
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It was on Discovery. The spokesman came out and confirmed he broke mach1. -------------
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 4:23pm
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For me, the whole thing had added awesome when my 3 year old sat on the floor, yelling "aaaahhhhhhhhhh, he's falling! He's gonna die! ahhhhhhhhhhh!" - during the entire descent. I couldn't quit laughing, because he's not quite old enough to explain it to him....although when it was all said and done, he stood up, turned to me and said. "Daddy. He fell from outer space and didn't get hurt. That was amazing." I'm glad I was able to watch it. ------------- ? |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 4:41pm
pretty well sums it up -------------
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 6:44pm
Reb, your killed nailed it on the head. ------------- |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 7:18pm
| CNN is claiming Mach 1.24 @ 833mph. Holy crap, that was nuts. You could tell from his demeanor when he went to stand up that he was set, calm, and focused, hence he pulled out of the spin. The view from the capsule showing his acceleration was what really made it for me. One of the more amazing manned space-related events I've seen in my lifetime, considering the others were shuttle disasters. |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 7:42pm
I think they mentioned during he ascent that the spin was expected as he came out of the supersonic fall. Still, absolutely incredible. I laughed a little when he said it felt like he'd been falling for half an hour(at the 3:00 mark). Wish his mask had let him fall the last 15-30 seconds he had planned on. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 7:47pm
| He spun because there isn't enough air to cause enough drag for him to correct himself. That's why he had been practicing the best way to jump without spinning during his training. |
Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 8:39pm
| I'm aware that spin was a problem he'd trained for, and though I don't know how thick the atmosphere is up there or how easy it is to control yourself while traveling through it at 700mph (I suspect there are 2-3 people on the planet who really do) it seems that it was something that would have got worse quite quickly if control wasn't established before the atmosphere got thicker, and tat may have left him unable to regain control of the spin. I'm also aware that the chutes automatically deploy at a certain altitude in case someone loses consciousness, but also aware that mechanical things can fail and cause a dirt-dart. I've never jumped out of a plane, but I've jumped off cliffs into water just enough to know that acceleration is surprisingly fast, and that it takes some focus to get stable and in form in a quick fashion. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 14 October 2012 at 8:51pm
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 15 October 2012 at 2:57pm
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