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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:35 FeelTHeBluEZ wrote: What is he going to do now in the meantime until he jumps? I mean he has still about 3 hours ascending in front of him, I don't think he can just sit there and wait? He's been sitting there waiting for the inflation for an hour and a half already, what's another 3? | ||
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501TFX
Austria345 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:36 sorrowptoss wrote: Is there any other place I can watch the livestream? I don't particularly like the Youtube livestream provider... But whatever I guess. If you don't mind German commentary you can look here: http://www.servustv.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=Stratos/Layout But this stream got pretty laggy, since it's the official Austrian Redbull TV Channel everybody is watching right now... | ||
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
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HumpingHydra
Canada97 Posts
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501TFX
Austria345 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:37 bonifaceviii wrote: He's been sitting there waiting for the inflation for an hour and a half already, what's another 3? Yeah well he can't just sit there? Wouldn't that psychological pressure be pretty big, if he just thinks about the jump for 3 hours while in air? (I know it's one of the craziest guys on earth, but still, this is not some other day base jump) | ||
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blug
Australia623 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:38 Ferrose wrote: Wow! You can even see the curvature of the Earth now. I think that might just be effects, they are only 14,000 feet high. | ||
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:39 FeelTHeBluEZ wrote: Yeah well he can't just sit there? Wouldn't that psychological pressure be pretty big, if he just thinks about the jump for 3 hours while in air? (I know it's one of the craziest guys on earth, but still, this is not some other day base jump) It's less than 5 hours total. I think he'll be fine rofl | ||
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501TFX
Austria345 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:38 Recognizable wrote: How is everyone saying it's 3 hours ascending? Does it go slower after some point? Since it's helium in this balloon, the ascending will become slower, the higher he gets iirc. | ||
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Aldehyde
Sweden939 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:39 FeelTHeBluEZ wrote: Yeah well he can't just sit there? Wouldn't that psychological pressure be pretty big, if he just thinks about the jump for 3 hours while in air? (I know it's one of the craziest guys on earth, but still, this is not some other day base jump) No, you're right. It's not just another jump. This is an even more awesome one! I'd gladly sit for 3 hours doing nothing for the chance of doing what he's doing. | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:40 neobowman wrote: I'm not familiar with sciency stuff but I'm wondering, if this succeeds, would it be a viable method for astronauts in the ISS to just jump off with proper procedures instead of wasting money on Soyuz capsules? Or is there some sort of atmospheric layer between where this guy jumps and the ISS that makes it impossible? LOL, so he's jumping from 120k ft. The ISS orbits at around 1,214,400 ft  | ||
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th3_great
United Kingdom429 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:40 neobowman wrote: I'm not familiar with sciency stuff but I'm wondering, if this succeeds, would it be a viable method for astronauts in the ISS to just jump off with proper procedures instead of wasting money on Soyuz capsules? Or is there some sort of atmospheric layer between where this guy jumps and the ISS that makes it impossible? well even though hes 23 miles up hes still not in space. anything that comes in from actual space is going to burn up as soon as it hits the atmosphere edit: hes still got another 40 miles on top of his goal if he wants to hit space | ||
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Grokken
Sweden245 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:37 Recognizable wrote: Just did a quick calculation in my head and it should take about an hour. he is ascending at a rate of 1000 feet/minute so it would take 2 hours to reach 120 000 feet | ||
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blug
Australia623 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:37 Recognizable wrote: Just did a quick calculation in my head and it should take about an hour. I'm not 100% sure, but as the air gets thinner the ascent might get slower and slower. May be wrong though. | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:41 th3_great wrote: well even though hes 23 miles up hes still not in space. anything that comes in from actual space is going to burn up as soon as it hits the atmosphere edit: hes still got another 40 miles on top of his goal if he wants to hit space Edit: I'm an idiot who doesn't consider that terminal velocity for a human would be way higher due to low density of the air up there AND you're jumping from something going super fast. | ||
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mememolly
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Snorkels
United States1015 Posts
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Maxd11
United States680 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:40 blug wrote: I think that might just be effects, they are only 14,000 feet high. Yeah it looked that way even just off the ground. I'm not really sure why. | ||
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blug
Australia623 Posts
On October 15 2012 00:46 Maxd11 wrote: Yeah it looked that way even just off the ground. I'm not really sure why. I agree it ruins it... Btw, did the commentator just say "Rape the Record"? | ||
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