If anyone is interested they are underway in performing the highest freefall jump ever its brodcasting on Discovery and also on Youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/user/redbull/stratos

cool stuff. I hope they get the video feed working rite. I might just have to go watch the discovery channel

Ken

Watching it live now. I was following it earlier this week, too. Pretty incredible.

 

 

Theyre at 84k ft right now. Ive been waiting for this for months!

Not to get all technical, but they are advertising "from the edge of space", which is not accurate. Impressive non the less, i was sad when they cancelled it last week sitting around waiting for them to launch.

Jumping NOW on Discovery Channel

put it on for like 10 minutes, couldn't watch anymore got bored.

He deployed his chute 20secs prior to beating the record for free fall....so he jumped from a higher altitude, and couldn't free fall longer?....fail!

That was amazing.

He deployed his chute 20secs prior to beating the record for free fall....so he jumped from a higher altitude, and couldn't free fall longer?....fail!

 

Should've paid me to do it if they wanted it done right.

He deployed his chute 20secs prior to beating the record for free fall....so he jumped from a higher altitude, and couldn't free fall longer?....fail!

 

He also broke the sound barrier, which means he fell at a faster rate. Dude hit 833mph. That's crazy.

 

 

Should've paid me to do it if they wanted it done right.

 

You've jumped from over 100,000 feet before?

It's mipafox don't you know he knows everything.

 

 

You've jumped from over 100,000 feet before?

 

I'm pretty sure I've never jumped over 1500 feet.

 

It's mipafox don't you know he knows everything.

 

Wow, I am honored by that endorsement. I never meant all that stuff I said about you

Yeah..I'm sure.

Yeah..I'm sure.

 

About what?

Hey, Bluelinefish,

 

Is this the kind of thing where you accuse me of being a know it all but you have never once done the service to the board of correcting any of my horrible misinformation and you throw around vague suggestions questioning my posts but never explain them when asked?

 

Hey, Bluelinefish,

 

Is this the kind of thing where you accuse me of being a know it all but you have never once done the service to the board of correcting any of my horrible misinformation and you throw around vague suggestions questioning my posts but never explain them when asked?

 

Stop derailing another thread. This is about the red bull jump. Back in topic. Seeing the jump on my big screen tv as opposed to streaming on a phone made it that much more impressive. I can only imagine whats next to top this

Awesome! Its one of the first things that had me checking my phone every few minutes in a long time, I was at my best friends sons 10yr birthday party at the time. I had company though. One of my other LEO friends stopped at the party to watch it too. Then I "stole" his cruiser on my way out. I just moved it so that it wasnt where he left it idling. Funny as hell!

Ken

 

 

Stop derailing another thread. This is about the red bull jump. Back in topic.

 

That's what I thought.

 

If you don't like people responding to your baseless criticisms, then don't make them. And you will stop derailing future threads.

 

I will certainly not respond again in this thread about this. As you were.

 

That's what I thought.

 

If you don't like people responding to your baseless criticisms, then don't make them. And you will stop derailing future threads.

 

I will certainly not respond again in this thread about this. As you were.

 

Settle down keyboard warrior. Get back on topic

I can only imagine whats next to top this

 

"The other side of the edge of space" Jump

The jump was amazing... When he stepped out of the capsule and just stood there with a the curvature of the Earth totally visible, it was just so impressive. There was a portion of the freefall where he was in a wild spin and was tumbling like a rag doll... I have no idea how he didn't pass out from that!