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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFelix Baumgartner tries record-breaking skydive again LIVE
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/CrispyQ
(36,225 posts)But I'm loving it!
warrior1
(12,325 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)so they might go sooner than they had scheduled.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)dems_rightnow
(1,956 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)CrispyQ
(36,225 posts)kick
warrior1
(12,325 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)not heating up and his breath is fogging the face shield.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)technology, as Lindbergh, e.g., did.
madokie
(51,076 posts)If he is successful this will be confirmation that technology can pull of a stunt such as this.
I'm just getting some talking here and there between Felix and mission control so I'm not sure what is going on exactly.
I think people like this man should be commended for what he is doing.
Teamster Jeff
(1,598 posts)- To aid development of protocols for exposure to high altitude/high acceleration.
- To aid exploration of the effects on the human body of supersonic acceleration and deceleration, including development of the latest innovations in parachute systems.
http://www.redbullstratos.com/science/scientific-values/
madokie
(51,076 posts)What I was just hearing is he is having a problem with the heater on the emergency chute, I think that its the emergency chute, the one on his chest. Just now came back on and mission control is explaining the armstrong line. I'm not sure I'm liking the sounds of this as I'm hearing it now.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)Passing the armstrong line ! #spacejump
warrior1
(12,325 posts)at 63000 ft, your bodily fluids would boil without pressurisation! Called the Armstrong line - Wow, that is scary!
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)without all the high-tech equipment that Baumgartner has now? And that guy is still alive!
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)rusty fender
(3,428 posts)but when I heard that he did it while in the AF, then it made more sense. Yet, all the gear they use now is so much more advanced now, it seems almost like a miracle that Kittinger survived.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)dropping more weight.
CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)...to do this thing. A couple of years ago he was looking for sponsors and seemed to be ready to make the attempt WITHOUT the high tech logistics that RedBull is providing.
What with their corporate image of rulebreaking, RedBull would seem a likely sponsor.
Seems like a nice guy, glad there are deep pockets to keep him safe.
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warrior1
(12,325 posts)heading back west
warrior1
(12,325 posts)edhopper
(33,202 posts)will someone say; "Open the pod bay door"?
Teamster Jeff
(1,598 posts)NMDemDist2
(49,313 posts)lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)Landed standing up, even.