Skydiving from Space -

[Nick]

http://www.youtube.com/redbull

Anybody watching this morning?
http://www.redbullstratos.com/

Here is the direct live feed video:

 

[Cornhead]

Crazy, guess what, he's on wind hold lol. I heard he's supposed to break the sound barrier, with his body!

 

[bvibert]

I heard about that on the radio this morning. That dude is effin nuts! Awesome, but still nuts!

 

[Nick]

Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground.

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[ctenidae]

Anybody watching this morning?
http://www.redbullstratos.com/

I am, now!

 

[JimG.]

Awesome! And crazy.

Does he have to re-enter the atmosphere at that height? Is he wearing a protective suit?

 

[bvibert]

Awesome! And crazy.

Does he have to re-enter the atmosphere at that height? Is he wearing a protective suit?

Yes, it's a specially designed space suit.

 

[Nick]

They are prepping right now - pretty awesome

 

[from_the_NEK]

Aborted for the day due to surface wind speeds. .

 

[Nick]

This CGI representation of the jump is sick

 

[Nick]

Rescheduled for Sunday

 

[Mildcat]

It will be cool if he can do it today. It's the 65th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's flight. Turned on Discovery Channel but it's not on now, must be another wind hold.

 

[Nick]

I'm watching it now - pretty awesome!! been watching since launch.

 

[skiNEwhere]

He landed successfully from over 127,000 feet!

 

[Glenn]

Faster than the speed of sound. Amazing.

 

[bigbog]

Impressive, but I think I'll take Joe Wittinger(sp?)'s early 60s freefall as a mark of bravery...back when the equipment designers and physicists literally didn't have a clue. Nothing against him...but this was just a "drop from a higher mark", with dozens of spacewalks previous for suit designs in the books....to get his name immortalized.