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shawnly1000 10-13-2012 03:08 PM
Weather appears to be looking good for tomorrow morning

CURRENT STATUS:

Preparations are in motion with less than 24 hours to go for launch. Weather forecast calls for calm winds Sunday morning Oct. 14th.

sam0m0 10-13-2012 11:34 PM
5 hours 26 mins till launch!

yogenfruz 10-14-2012 12:37 AM
Haven't been following this very closely but if he has helmet cameras or anything like that, what time (roughly) will he be jumping with respect to launch time? I won't be in bed until ~2:00am and I don't really want to go about tomorrow on only 3 hours of sleep.

b0unce. [?] 10-14-2012 01:14 AM
countdown timer: Home | Red Bull Stratos

GabAlmighty 10-14-2012 08:51 AM
And he's off!

Ulic Qel-Droma 10-14-2012 09:17 AM
Live Broadcast | Red Bull Stratos


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MrIxH6DToXQ

penner2k 10-14-2012 09:37 AM
Not looking too good. Says as of right now they cant get the heat in his helmet working.

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 10:21 AM
Capsule has now passed Joseph Kittinger's record jump altitude (102,000 ft)

So excited!

geelaw 10-14-2012 10:24 AM
this is nuts! .. cant wait til this thing goess down

OTG-ZR2 10-14-2012 10:25 AM
Its getting warmer, was -58°C now -24°C

sam0m0 10-14-2012 10:25 AM
Whats the altitude he has to reach before he jumps?

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 10:27 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by OTG-ZR2 (Post 8054448)
Its getting warmer, was -58°C now -24°C
Temperature decreases with altitude within the troposphere, increases with altitude within the stratosphere, decreases with altitude within mesosphere and increases with altitude within the exosphere

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 10:28 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by sam0m0 (Post 8054449)
Whats the altitude he has to reach before he jumps?
120,000 ft

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 10:30 AM
Must be the loneliest/nerve-wracking 2+ hours as he is ascending to jump altitude

mb_ 10-14-2012 10:33 AM
1st Record broken! Highest manned balloon flight

geelaw 10-14-2012 10:40 AM
here he goesss!

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 10:43 AM
Green light for jump

Presto 10-14-2012 10:48 AM
Wow.. the balloon is still climbing. He might be jumping from 40+ KM.


EDIT: nm.. just started to slow and descend.

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 10:49 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Presto (Post 8054463)
Wow.. the balloon is still climbing. He might be jumping from 40+ KM.
They opened valves at the top so that the helium escapes and it's now going down

jepho 10-14-2012 10:59 AM
Man, so exciting to watch!!

geelaw 10-14-2012 11:02 AM
ya man, this is so awesome. worthy of waking up early to see this

yogenfruz 10-14-2012 11:03 AM
Thought I missed it, joined in just in time to see them de pressurizing.

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 11:07 AM
Jump

RFlush 10-14-2012 11:08 AM
jumped!

shawnly1000 10-14-2012 11:08 AM
Holy shit 1175 km/h


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