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Oct 14, 2012 2:10 PM
Hit the ground runnin'
Oct 14, 2012 2:10pm
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Oct 14, 2012 2:10 PM
That capsule looks like it's coming in pretty hot
Oct 14, 2012 2:10pm
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Oct 14, 2012 2:11 PM
I'd love to go up and down in a capsule, but to free fall is pure insanity
Oct 14, 2012 2:11pm
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Oct 14, 2012 2:14 PM
When Kittinger did it, they measured zero gravity with a string on a golf ball and watched when the string looked flat across. Science 50 years later is a little different.
Oct 14, 2012 2:14pm
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Oct 14, 2012 4:23 PM
Press conference is starting.

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
Oct 14, 2012 4:23pm
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Oct 14, 2012 4:31 PM
833.9mph ~ Mach 1.24 :o
Oct 14, 2012 4:31pm
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Oct 14, 2012 4:56 PM
Need to see video. What TF did I miss?
Oct 14, 2012 4:56pm
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Oct 14, 2012 5:01 PM
ernest_t_bass;1295254 wrote:Need to see video. What TF did I miss?
Hot air balloon went twenty three miles up, dude jumped out, free fall for over four minutes breaking the speed of sound, did some flips and twists and a little flat spin, pulled the parachute, landed on his feet.

The Chinese judge only gave him a 7.5
Oct 14, 2012 5:01pm
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ernest_t_bass;1295254 wrote:Need to see video. What TF did I miss?
[video=youtube;TGqmL3KG0dg][/video]
Oct 14, 2012 5:01pm
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Oct 14, 2012 5:10 PM
He's getting laid tonight for sure.
Oct 14, 2012 5:10pm
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Oct 14, 2012 5:33 PM
That is just about the coolest thing to break the speed of sound on a skydive. That's /game in any contest of one-upsmanship.
Oct 14, 2012 5:33pm
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Oct 14, 2012 5:35 PM
Although I'm curious to hear why he didn't break the free-fall record despite being almost 30% higher. Even factoring in increased speed it seems like he should have broken the free-fall record, unless that person was trying to actively set it by maximizing wind resistance.
Oct 14, 2012 5:35pm
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Oct 14, 2012 5:39 PM
He didn't break the sound barrier, btw.
Oct 14, 2012 5:39pm
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Oct 14, 2012 5:45 PM
gut;1295287 wrote:Although I'm curious to hear why he didn't break the free-fall record despite being almost 30% higher. Even factoring in increased speed it seems like he should have broken the free-fall record, unless that person was trying to actively set it by maximizing wind resistance.

Too much flipping and shit.
Oct 14, 2012 5:45pm
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Oct 14, 2012 6:00 PM
That had to be the longest 2.5 hours in his life while he was ascending. I don't think I could stomach the nerves for that long. Nevermind the jump ahead of you, if the balloon malfunctions before it's time you're basically in a coffin.
Oct 14, 2012 6:00pm
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Oct 14, 2012 6:04 PM
They had a plan to abort and he could have stayed in the capsule. It would have been a hard landing. They discussed almost aborting in the press conf. because of the face shield.


Oct 14, 2012 6:04pm
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Oct 14, 2012 6:52 PM
Speedofsand;1295311 wrote:They had a plan to abort and he could have stayed in the capsule. It would have been a hard landing. They discussed almost aborting in the press conf. because of the face shield.
Yeah, duh, of course the pod had a chute. But it would have been more dramatic without one!
Oct 14, 2012 6:52pm
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Oct 14, 2012 8:03 PM
I loved his last words before jumping.

"I'm going home now."
Oct 14, 2012 8:03pm
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Oct 14, 2012 8:51 PM
Remember when you were little and it was an adrenaline rush jumping down the last three stairs? Or felt like a badass when you jumped off the swing while it was moving? That had to be an incredible rush as he stepped off the pod.
Oct 14, 2012 8:51pm
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Oct 14, 2012 10:28 PM
gut;1295337 wrote:Yeah, duh, of course the pod had a chute. But it would have been more dramatic without one!
Yeah, duh, so he wasn't in a coffin. They said it would've been a helluva hard landing if he stayed in the capsule.
Oct 14, 2012 10:28pm
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Oct 14, 2012 10:57 PM
Speedofsand;1295505 wrote:Yeah, duh, so he wasn't in a coffin. They said it would've been a helluva hard landing if he stayed in the capsule.
Haha, I meant the "duh" for me. I knew it was written sloppily, hoped you wouldn't take offense :laugh:
Oct 14, 2012 10:57pm