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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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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:24am
miamizsun wrote: Felix Baumgartner is about to jump...click the pic to see it live No he's not.

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:23am
miamizsun wrote: Felix Baumgartner is about to jump...click the pic to see it live he's leaping into whatever it is @ 1:30 eastern

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Posted: Oct 9, 2012 - 10:16am
Felix Baumgartner is about to jump...click the pic to see it live

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Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 11:32am
oldslabsides wrote: Too bad they tore down 500 hundred trees so they could drag it thru LA. There are were trees in LA?

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Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 11:22am
2cats wrote: Shuttle transport over Houston. Too bad they tore down 500 hundred trees so they could drag it thru LA.

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Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 9:10am
2cats wrote: Shuttel transport over Houston. Very cool. When the weather was funky between San Antonio and Florida they used to land the shuttle transport at Kelly AFB. It was a sight to behold for sure.

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