Guy jumping from 120000 feet (Red Bull Stratos) : Othor Games

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:43 am

I hope dude is succesfull:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/fearless-felix-baumgartne_n_1930977.html

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:44 pm

When does this take place? I want to see it.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:29 am

I don't know, but I'm guessing it'll be on Monday.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:02 pm

But which Monday? There's more than one Monday in any given month/year.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:56 pm

I read an article about this on Tieteen kuvalehti.

That particular article makes this sound much mroe dangerous than tieteen kuvalehti did, even though they shared the same facts. :shrug:

Might check the live thing out, hope it's not a live suicide.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:40 pm

But which Monday? There's more than one Monday in any given month/year. :wink:

I logically assumed next Monday, since otherwise the OP probably would have mentioned a date. And according to the article that seems to be correct. But Monday in which timezone?! :ahhh:

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:01 pm

I logically assumed next Monday, since otherwise the OP probably would have mentioned a date. And according to the article that seems to be correct. But Monday in which timezone?! :ahhh:

I too thought it was this Monday, but it'd definitely be nice to know exactly the date and time. This is something I'd like to see live and not recorded.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:38 am

I too thought it was this Monday, but it'd definitely be nice to know exactly the date and time. This is something I'd like to see live and not recorded.

http://www.redbullstratos.com/ and I'm guessing you'll be able to watch the footage on that site too.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:17 am

Yeah, it's been confirmed for October 8th.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:52 pm

I can't imagine breaking the sound barrier can be good for his physical health.
Such speeds must put enormous pressure on his body.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:33 am

Too bad I can't go with him. This sounds interesting.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:33 am

Since I can barely stand the thought of going bungee jumping, this would have me clinging to the sides of the pod screaming "NOOOOOO, changed my mind, can I go home now."

But I like his reasons for working on/testing this stuff, so I hope he makes it and it all works like they're hoping it will.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:05 pm

I'm totally going to livestream the heck out of this. I hope they post a time so I can watch it from beginning to end as it happens! I'm sure if he dies they'll pull it from the internet, would they?

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:58 pm

I can't imagine breaking the sound barrier can be good for his physical health.
Such speeds must put enormous pressure on his body.

There was that guy that did rocket sled testing the worst he had was detached retinas. John Stapp

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:59 pm

That's why I want to watch it live. Just in case he doesn't make it. I'd assume they'd Yank it if he doesn't make it. Which I'd assume if he didn't make it the video would never be seen.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:30 pm

There was that guy that did rocket sled testing the worst he had was detached retinas. John Stapp

If I'm not mistaken, breaking the sound barrier through free falling would probbably be faster and more damaging than rocket-sledding.
If he's in free fall, there is air pressure, nothing to grab a hold to, no way to cover yourself from the wind, and lots of other things.

Detached retinas doesn't sound too good either.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:33 pm

If I'm not mistaken, breaking the sound barrier through free falling would probbably be faster and more damaging than rocket-sledding.
If he's in free fall, there is air pressure, nothing to grab a hold to, no way to cover yourself from the wind, and lots of other things.

Detached retinas doesn't sound too good either.

He had that sudden stop at the end.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:33 am

Thi guy is going to be in one of those 0g suits though.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:25 am

The amazing thing would be if he lives..

There should be parades thrown in his honor if he does.

What he is doing is taking us one step closer to understanding our planet..and exploring our solar system and our galaxy.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:17 pm

Beh, I hate having to click links to know what a whole thread is about. Xurtsy likes summaries! :nod:

I joke

I remember hearing about a big skydive that's coming up where the diver pretty much has to be dropped from the edge of space in order to accomplish his record. I don't remember whether he was trying to break the sound barrier or just gunning for the world's longest fall. Is this the same story?

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:16 am

Pretty much.

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:59 pm

Awesome!

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:16 am

So, has this happened yet?

» Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:55 pm

21 hours to go.

» Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:43 am

So, has this happened yet?

I'm still picking up the pieces that fell on my yard, I'm going to be rich!

That was in terrible taste, sorry. I do wish him to succeed, but I fear air traveling companies adapting the method to drop their passengers at destination and save loads of money on fuel.