Impressed Bloke jumps out of balloon 25 miles up

[Lamp]

Just saw it live on TV. Amazing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/14/felix-baumgartner-sound-barrier-live

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19927667

Great stuff

 

[Bigmac]

I thought at one point the balloon was going to burst as they slowed it down at 123,000 feet by releasing helium through values but then it took off again getting to 128,000 feet. Amazing stuff.

 

[eksdee]

Watched it live, absolutely incredible.

 

[ECA]

I don't want to meet his missus.

 

[Job]

When they gonna start making these balloons for the general public i want to strap myself to one oxygen cylinder and a tension based pressure suit off to space i go

 

[old.Tohtori]

The guy who was talking him through it was the original spacejumper; http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger

 

[Bahumat]

Does anyone have a video of him falling? I totally missed out

 

[ECA]

Does anyone have a video of him falling? I totally missed out

Here's a gif.

 

[Lamp]

Does anyone have a video of him falling? I totally missed out

It'll be all over the internet m8. Just type "Felix Baumgartner video" into Google. The BBC should have a vid up. Youtube certainly will.

 

[Scouse]

Love to have a go at that.

 

[Zenith.UK]

I think a lot of people have missed the most basic fact of his attempt.
He hit a top speed of 833.9mph. Put another way, he hit top speed in something like 40s and was covering a mile every 4s... UNPOWERED.

That's what I find impressive.

 

[Bahumat]

Did he make a bang noise when breaking the sound barrier?

 

[Lamp]

Did he make a bang noise when breaking the sound barrier?

His bottom did

 

[old.Tohtori]

 

[Wazzerphuk]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2012/oct/15/felix-baumgartner-skydive-lego-video?CMP=twt_gu

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Also, it was insane that this wasn't on TV.

News channels half covered it but no-one gave it dedicated time, which is mad. Half the world was watching, nearly everyone on my Facebook and Twitter were watching. Someone could have really cleaned up by just showing it and having one or two hosts talk between the quieter bits.

Absolutely insane that such an event wasn't broadcast properly, at least here in the U.K..

 

[DaGaffer]

Also, it was insane that this wasn't on TV.

News channels half covered it but no-one gave it dedicated time, which is mad. Half the world was watching, nearly everyone on my Facebook and Twitter were watching. Someone could have really cleaned up by just showing it and having one or two hosts talk between the quieter bits.

Absolutely insane that such an event wasn't broadcast properly, at least here in the U.K..

Probably worried about the odds of him ploughing into New Mexico at several hundred miles an hour on live telly. Besides, I think Red Bull wanted it that way because the one TV station that did show it was its own in Austria.

 

[Gwadien]

I watched it live on dah Yout00bz, the best bit was when he landed, and did a walking-land haha

 

[Wazzerphuk]

While that was good it was nothing compared to watching him fall at <x> mph, spinning madly, only for him then to visibly snap back into control and adopt the correct diving technique. That was so fucking cool, even though it was just a tiny heat source.

 

[Lamp]

When he was over mexico and guiding the chute to the landing site we were watching it thinking "Christ, he's still going bloody fast".

Bloody amazing.
Bloke stands on the edge of space, free-falls to earth at 800 mph, hits the landing spot (!), and calmly carries on walking.

 

[Lamp]

Did he make a bang noise when breaking the sound barrier?

According to the Elders of the Internet, the air was so thin when he broke through the sound barrier, it wouldn't have been audible. He would, however, have been able to hear himself scream in his space helmet.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

He said himself that he had no clues whatsoever about any changes in speed or sound due to the nature of the suit. None of the wind feedback he's used to from normal jumps.

 

[Lamp]

Push me out at 120,000 ft and you'll hear wind feedback, I promise you

 

[dysfunction]

Bloody amazing.
Bloke stands on the edge of space, free-falls to earth at 800 mph, hits the landing spot (!), and calmly carries on walking.

Would have been more amazing if he landed on a speed boat James Bond style!


This is an incredible feat. Wish I could get to do that!

 

[Job]

I wasnt that impressed tbh it was done 50 years ago and he only went a bit higher

 

[DaGaffer]

I wasnt that impressed tbh it was done 50 years ago and he only went a bit higher

Post #25. I had a bet with myself that the first bit of begrudgery wouldn't arrive until at least the second page. Silly me.

 

[Raven]

Outstanding stuff.

 

[Lamp]

Pff...some ppl

So what would make it impressive? If he had a brainwave & solved quantum gravity during freefall?

 

[Job]

The best bit of the whole thing tbh is the custom spacesuit he had made which isactually the first new suit since the shuttle suits

 

[old.user4556]

Saw this on Sicki:

So Felix Baumgartner is an extreme athlete is he?

If I jumped out of the same capsule, I'd miss the planet and just float off into fucking space, would I?