Would you sky dive from space?
 

I have never even sky dived but would love to some day. I can only imagine what an incredible ride it would be. They say he hopes to travel faster than the speed of sound and will jump from 23 miles up.

http://www.boston.com/2012/10/08/sky...rIN/story.html

there was someone who did this before

Yes, but not from this high up. The previous record holder is Joe Kittinger in 1960 from 19 miles up.

When Baumgartner jumps today (Tuesday), he will be jumping from a higher point. He will also be falling faster (about 690 miles per hour), and be breaking the sound barrier.

... and hell yes, this is something I would love to do. Can you just imagine what it would be like?

- You are so high, you are just on the edge of space. You can see stars, the curvature of the earth, the entire continent of North America.

- When you jump, it's completely quiet. There's no air, so there's no noise.

- There's also no frame of reference. The only way to tell at first how far and fast you are falling would be to turn around and see the balloon you just jumped from zooming away from you. You won't feel like you're falling. You'd feel weightless.

Just ... wow...

I really hope he makes it and that the jump is a huge success. And good for Red Bull too. Not only do they get some publicity out of it, but the data they'll gather from all the sensors and cameras will be shared with Nasa and other science agencies. Smart move on RB's part.

oh by the way you can watch the show live at http://www.redbullstratos.com/live it starts in less than 6 hours from now, at 8:30 am eastern time.

Did you see the video of the 1960 one its very cool

Good luck you crazy mofo...

https://youtube.com/redbull

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i...1203150175.jpg

The first step is a doozy:

http://www.minus273.biz/minus273/wp-...-jump-00md.jpg



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ADG

parachute from the boat

from the pier also

yeah I can only imagine what it would be like ....i bet the video of the jump will be pretty amazing to see

Going to try and stay up. They say they have no idea what will happen when he breaks the sound barrier...

Sure, why not? :pimp

Suddenly
"Oh shi, I forgot my parachute"

yeah or a case of i just realized i am afraid of heights :1orglaugh

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49 mins to go!

thanks for this thread - i'm waiting for the jump.

Kittinger's was amazing, over 50 years ago - took balls then and takes balls now.

Its on now

not sure what is this good for, except redbull advertising ... and is there any link where i can watch it live? oh excuse i see the youtube link now ...

the redbull link looks better quality than the youtube link

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live

3 Mins to GO!!!

damn delayed due to weather

Well that WAS eventfull...

great cant wait, joint is ready, firing it up! :)

so another delay, meanwhile what about to check this base jump for kids? :)



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Wow my belly is spinning

Must be crazy overwhelming.

Anyone else seeing those white "UFO's" moving erratically on the live feed?

did I miss it?

Sign me up, though hitting the preferred landing spot might be bitch...lol :pimp

Says a little under an hour till the mission resumes. :thumbsup

it's been like that all day, they need perfect condition for jump

I wish the fucking guy would jump i have been waiting since 5 hours before the original time if it does go up at the next opointed time i have to wait 3 hours then it will be 4 in the morning

:thumbsup cool thanks Lace

Balloons probably to monitor the weather

oh fuck no!

I've jumped out of helicopters before, but sky diving is another thing. Pass.

Sky diving from twenty miles up and breaking the speed of sound with just a jump suit? Oh fuck no...

looks like it was bumped back another half hour

They just keep pushing it back.

clock stopped ... looks like redbull have enough advertising already :)

they still need to fill the balloon that could take another hour

felix enters the capsule, but clock stopped, and i remember seeying there 656k viewers, now like 70k, oh man ...

do not feel responsible in case of cyclones

Be responsible!

the delay sure sucks but i totally understand everything has to be perfect for the jump

something is on ...

We've got some kind of action going.

Edit - just said aborted for today. Damn!

Aborted.