RED BULL STRATO LIVE JUMP FROM THE STRATOSPHERE
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Skydiver gets ready for bid to break sound barrier
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA
Associated Press
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) -- Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner started his daring ascent to 23 miles above Earth on Sunday, hoping to make a death-defying free fall that could make him the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
Baumgartner took off in a pressurized capsule carried by a 55-story ultra-thin helium balloon that is expected to take nearly three hours to climb into the stratosphere. If plans go as expected, Baumgartner will then jump into a near vacuum with no oxygen to begin what is expected to be the fastest, farthest free fall from the highest-ever manned balloon.
Any contact with the capsule on his exit could tear the pressurized suit, a rip that could expose him to a lack of oxygen and temperatures as low as minus 70 degrees. That could cause potentially lethal bubbles to form in his bodily fluids
Shortly after launch, screens at mission control showed the capsule as it rose above 10,000 feet, high above the New Mexico desert as cheers erupted from organizers. Baumgartner also could be seen on video checking instruments inside the capsule.
Earlier in the day, mission control officials declared a "weather hold," delaying the launch. But about an hour later, organizers described conditions at the launch site as perfect, and said the balloon be inflated and begin its ascent at roughly 9:45 a.m.
The jump from the site near Roswell, N.M., was postponed twice last week because of high winds.
If he succeeds in the death-defying feat, the man nicknamed "Fearless Felix" will break a 52-year-old altitude record by Joe Kittinger, who jumped from 19.5 miles and reached a speed of 614 mph, just under the sound barrier.
This attempt will be the end of a five-year road for Baumgartner, a record-setting high-altitude jumper. He already made two preparation jumps in the area, one in March from 15 miles high and on in July from 18 miles high. It will also be the end of his extreme altitude jumping career; he has promised this will be his final jump.
Coincidentally, Sunday also marks the 65th anniversary of U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager successful attempt to become the first man to officially break the sound barrier aboard an airplane.
Baumgartner plans to travel faster than the speed of sound with only the benefit of a high-tech suit.
Dr. Jonathan Clark, Baumgartner's medical director, has told reporters he expects the pressurized spacesuit to protect him from the shock waves of breaking the sound barrier. If all goes well and he survives the jump, NASA could certify a new generation of spacesuits for protecting astronauts and provide an escape option from spacecraft at 120,000 feet, he said.
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fawking guy is going to break the sound barrier with his body in a space suit.
:scared
about a hour until he jumps
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA
Associated Press
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) -- Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner started his daring ascent to 23 miles above Earth on Sunday, hoping to make a death-defying free fall that could make him the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
Baumgartner took off in a pressurized capsule carried by a 55-story ultra-thin helium balloon that is expected to take nearly three hours to climb into the stratosphere. If plans go as expected, Baumgartner will then jump into a near vacuum with no oxygen to begin what is expected to be the fastest, farthest free fall from the highest-ever manned balloon.
Any contact with the capsule on his exit could tear the pressurized suit, a rip that could expose him to a lack of oxygen and temperatures as low as minus 70 degrees. That could cause potentially lethal bubbles to form in his bodily fluids
Shortly after launch, screens at mission control showed the capsule as it rose above 10,000 feet, high above the New Mexico desert as cheers erupted from organizers. Baumgartner also could be seen on video checking instruments inside the capsule.
Earlier in the day, mission control officials declared a "weather hold," delaying the launch. But about an hour later, organizers described conditions at the launch site as perfect, and said the balloon be inflated and begin its ascent at roughly 9:45 a.m.
The jump from the site near Roswell, N.M., was postponed twice last week because of high winds.
If he succeeds in the death-defying feat, the man nicknamed "Fearless Felix" will break a 52-year-old altitude record by Joe Kittinger, who jumped from 19.5 miles and reached a speed of 614 mph, just under the sound barrier.
This attempt will be the end of a five-year road for Baumgartner, a record-setting high-altitude jumper. He already made two preparation jumps in the area, one in March from 15 miles high and on in July from 18 miles high. It will also be the end of his extreme altitude jumping career; he has promised this will be his final jump.
Coincidentally, Sunday also marks the 65th anniversary of U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager successful attempt to become the first man to officially break the sound barrier aboard an airplane.
Baumgartner plans to travel faster than the speed of sound with only the benefit of a high-tech suit.
Dr. Jonathan Clark, Baumgartner's medical director, has told reporters he expects the pressurized spacesuit to protect him from the shock waves of breaking the sound barrier. If all goes well and he survives the jump, NASA could certify a new generation of spacesuits for protecting astronauts and provide an escape option from spacecraft at 120,000 feet, he said.
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fawking guy is going to break the sound barrier with his body in a space suit.
:scared
about a hour until he jumps
once he gets to the 102,000 mark he is going to have to jump and get out.
There is no turning back for him now.
This is like watching a Nascar race waiting for the crash and burn.
There is no turning back for him now.
This is like watching a Nascar race waiting for the crash and burn.
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if any part of his body touchs the capsule on the way out it will rip it
and he will be a dead man falling breaking the sound barrier.
:scared
and he will be a dead man falling breaking the sound barrier.
:scared
the most interesting thing to me is if they will have a camera system on him as he decends
Not sure how that is going to work.
If they dont it will kinda defeat all the efforts showing this.
Not sure how that is going to work.
If they dont it will kinda defeat all the efforts showing this.
thanks Jamaica
I am watching it on the red bull live stream
He has got to be sweating this like a bull moose.
Hopefully if they do they have a delay if something goes wrong, unlike the guy that killed himself on live tv a couple of weeks ago!!
sounds like he has cameras on his backpack and other areas.
There is a delay of 20 sec ?
If the cameras go black at any point when he jumps he will be on his way to a new dimension.
What is going to make him freefall instead of going into orbit!!!
You would think at that high he would just orbit, but I guess he won't be high enough!!
:shrug:
You would think at that high he would just orbit, but I guess he won't be high enough!!
:shrug:
That is funny!!
They just showed Red Bull Mission Control and the guy was drinking a........
RED BULL!!!!
Wonder if that's all they could have??
For advertising purposes!!
:toast:
They just showed Red Bull Mission Control and the guy was drinking a........
RED BULL!!!!
Wonder if that's all they could have??
For advertising purposes!!
:toast:
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I really dont like the fact they have Felix's mom on camera like that
If something happens I am sure they will zero in on her expressions.
its kinda sick really
If something happens I am sure they will zero in on her expressions.
its kinda sick really
yeh thats all they need once they got the world watching this
he will have to go live stream or no live stream
here is a question I have
how do they know he will land back in New Mexico ?
seems like he could drift for a few states over
he might be having shrimp gumbo tonight in
the bayous
how do they know he will land back in New Mexico ?
seems like he could drift for a few states over
he might be having shrimp gumbo tonight in
the bayous
over 3,5 million watching :0002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrIxH6DToXQ
Empty air space around Roswell:
http://www.flightradar24.com/
:scared
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrIxH6DToXQ
Empty air space around Roswell:
http://www.flightradar24.com/
:scared
