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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 12:26pm
Zep wrote: This is what it looks like from that high up: One of my "want to"s is to go up into the 70-80K ft range so you can see the curvature of the planet. I've been to 50K and that's cool, but still no curve.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 12:05pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: That was actually in the 70k range... so go a little higher. Really? Wow ... I think the camera has a fisheye lens on it so that kind of distorts the horizon a bit. 70K is just above Concorde and SST and the sky does look that deep blue. So at 100 it's probably almost black.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:57am
Zep wrote: This is what it looks like from that high up: That was actually in the 70k range... so go a little higher.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:55am
This is what it looks like from that high up:

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:24am
sirdroseph wrote: Well at least we hope not.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:24am
bokey wrote: He's jumping from 120,000 feet.An Air Force guy jumped from 102,000 in 1960.It would be cool to watch,but nothing groundbreaking. Well at least we hope not.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:22am
bokey wrote: He's jumping from 120,000 feet.An Air Force guy jumped from 102,000 in 1960.It would be cool to watch,but nothing groundbreaking. Well, not literally, I hope.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:21am
jagdriver wrote: Check out the website. This appears to be very well thought out, and Felix has already made to practice jumps from impressive heights. Yes, it looks well-planned; I hope he's able to carry it off and not have it go sour.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:13am
jagdriver wrote: Check out the website. This appears to be very well thought out, and Felix has already made to practice jumps from impressive heights. He's jumping from 120, 000 feet. An Air Force guy jumped from 102, 000 in 1960. It would be cool to watch, but nothing groundbreaking.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 11:11am
Proclivities wrote: I hope this doesn't turn into something like Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon debacle. Check out the website. This appears to be very well thought out, and Felix has already made to practice jumps from impressive heights.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:59am
oldslabsides wrote: doh. I hope this doesn't turn into something like Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon debacle.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:49am
doh.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:43am
2cats wrote: http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ Gusty winds are knocking the inflating balloon all over the place.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:43am
Just aborted due to wind.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:41am
miamizsun wrote: at work what station is carrying this? and is it live? like can see the balloon filling up and going into the wild blue yonder? thx Also live on youtube here

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:38am
2cats wrote: http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ Balloon = 1/10th thickness of a Ziploc bag, yet weighs 3,000 lbs. and would take up to an acre if laid out flat. EDIT: GO FELIX!

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:37am
miamizsun wrote: at work what station is carrying this? and is it live? like can see the balloon filling up and going into the wild blue yonder? thx http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:35am
bokey wrote: He's in the capsule,skies are blue,they haven't inflated the balloon yet. at work what station is carrying this? and is it live? like can see the balloon filling up and going into the wild blue yonder? thx

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:30am
miamizsun wrote: wha? something go haywire? He's in the capsule, skies are blue, they haven't inflated the balloon yet.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:28am
Coaxial wrote: No he's not. wha? something go haywire?

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