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Title: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: weedwalker on October 09, 2012, 12:11:34 PM
Here is a live feed for the jump. Scheduled for 1:30 PM EST.

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: weedwalker on October 09, 2012, 12:46:22 PM
Delayed
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: weedwalker on October 09, 2012, 12:51:29 PM
Aborted. Not going to do it today.
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: KySongDog on October 09, 2012, 03:41:04 PM
I've made one static line jump in my life and I remember standing at the open door thinking "Why am I jumping out of a perfectly good airplane?"    :laf:

Never made another jump.   :nono:
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: Hawks Feather on October 09, 2012, 04:54:53 PM
I have gone up in a hot air balloon and that was sort of cool.  Low height but you still wonder where you are going to land.  But, there is no way that I would want to jump out of anything unless it was going down.

Jerry
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: FinsnFur on October 10, 2012, 07:29:35 PM
Yeah you have to wonder what goes through a persons mind that has trained and trained for things like this...as he stands on the edge of..the edge of...well on the edge of NOTHING...there's no other way to put it. :laf:
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: FinsnFur on October 12, 2012, 05:22:16 AM
Calling for Sunday now
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: weedwalker on October 14, 2012, 06:24:11 AM
Supposed to go at 8AM EST this morning. (Sunday) Live link still works too.
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: FinsnFur on October 14, 2012, 09:11:18 AM
Lotta people standing around there yapping right now.
Capsule hanging from a crane and some guy up on a forklift working around in the opening of of the capsule from the forklift. I dont know if he's loading sandwiches or what but he's been there forever it seems.
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: FinsnFur on October 14, 2012, 10:48:20 AM
He's off. There is quite a good delay between this live feed and the live feed from Discovery Channel.
Kinda cool to watch it on both.
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: KySongDog on October 14, 2012, 11:36:52 AM
I wonder where the balloon and capsule go after he jumps.   :wo:     Do they blow it up?
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: CCP on October 14, 2012, 01:22:05 PM
Couple tense moments for me watching.
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: FinsnFur on October 14, 2012, 01:22:32 PM
That was pretty incredible, wow.
The capsule is coming down behind him.

Thats up there with one of the most incredible things I've ever watched. :congrats:
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: coyote101 on October 14, 2012, 01:24:18 PM
Quote from: FinsnFur on October 14, 2012, 01:22:32 PM
That was pretty incredible, wow.
The capsule is coming down behind him.

Thats up there with one of the most incredible things I've ever watched. :congrats:

I agree, that was exciting! Congratulations to him and his crew.

Pat
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: KySongDog on October 14, 2012, 01:31:44 PM
Wow!  What a ride!     :yoyo:

And the capsule is floating down too.  I still think it would have been cool to blow it up.   :laf:
Title: Re: 23 Mile High Parachute Jump
Post by: slagmaker on October 14, 2012, 01:51:31 PM
Gona agree with semp. choot the balloon down