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Watch the jump from Space live....23 miles skydive

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The countdown has begun for Felix Baumgartner's epic jump from the edge of space. Supported by a team of experts, Felix will ascend in a helium balloon to an altitude of 120,000 ft / 36,576 m where he will take a leap of faith into the unknown in ..:thumbup:

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It was postponed. :( This guy is absolutely nuts. I laughed when I heard about it because it sounds silly for someone to try this. But I hope everything goes well. :D
 
Read about this when they approached him. Can't wait to actually see it.

Coolest thing ever this man is a hero of our times.

*SALUTE*
 
Called off on account of wind.....

Needs to be less than 2mph, and was gusting at 15mph.

Bugger, I really wanted to see him jump, and land safely!

Unfortunately, the weather tomorrow doesn't look good for another attempt either.

Cheers,
Rick
 
He has a pressurised flight suit with pure oxygen to breathe.

And they're predicting a 6 minute flight time at speeds over 1100kph.

Cheers,
Rick
 
I wonder if he could have safely fallen for another 20secs?

He didn't fall for as long, as he was traveling a lot faster, especially at the beginning.

Cheers,
Rick

Edit: When you think about it, he fell approximately 122000 in 3:15, so no, he couldn't have safely 'fallen' for another 20secs. (122000ft in 195secs is an average of 625.64ft/sec - skewed because he was falling so fast at the beginning, but still, within 10secs, he would have exceeded minimum safe deployment height for that type of parachute considering weight of Felix and suit.
 
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mave2911 said:
I wonder if he could have safely fallen for another 20secs?

He didn't fall for as long, as he was traveling a lot faster, especially at the beginning.

Cheers,
Rick

Edit: When you think about it, he fell approximately 122000 in 3:15, so no, he couldn't have safely 'fallen' for another 20secs. (122000ft in 195secs is an average of 625.64ft/sec - skewed because he was falling so fast at the beginning, but still, within 10secs, he would have exceeded minimum safe deployment height for that type of parachute considering weight of Felix and suit.
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This is probably a more complicated calculation that appears at first glance. I was pretty surprised that he took less time to free-fall than the previous record-holder, even jumping from a higher height. He did land in eastern NM; had he aimed for the bottom of the Grand Canyon that'd buy him the extra seconds.
I also didn't realize, until the NBS News tonight, that the "mission director" today WAS Joe Kittenger, the original record-holder! :eek:
 
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