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Grimmgor · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:36 pm

oh god that view when he first jumped

Weena · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:41 pm

I'm still trying to figure out why a company who uses the slogan "Red Bull gives you wings!" would sponser a guy falling.

Eturnalshift · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:54 pm

That was rad. I was like D: when he went into his spin... thought I had just watched a man die, but then when he recovered, I was all like

I haven't been watching post-jump commentary. Did they say why he went into a spin and if it kept him from exceeding his max speed?

That picture needs to show Felix a split second after he jumped out.

Also, did you guys hear on the pre-jump checklist to "turn on your cameras?" I hope like hell that he got some amazing POV footage.

Meowth · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:30 pm

There is almost zero air resistance up that high so you cannot maneuver your arms and legs into a position to stabilize yourself until you fall lower. Someone said the chute opened 16 seconds before a record free fall distance too. But I didn't watch past when it opened and mission control couldn't determine the way the wind was blowing for some reason.

Aestu · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:57 pm

In that picture, I see light, but no shadows.

Meowth · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:16 pm

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i91q8yxodzigw ... PSHORT.wmv

Music is terrible

Eturnalshift · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:22 pm

You can't be that stupid...

Usdk · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:44 pm

that was cool

Eturnalshift · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:48 pm

Quote:

Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or a spacecraft after hopping out of a capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth.

I wonder if he deployed his parachute early, killing his chances for the "longest free fall record", because they didn't anticipate the speed he'd be traveling would be so great?

Aestu · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:16 pm

Parachutes are typically deployed at very low altitude.

Eturnalshift · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:55 pm

Duuuuuuuurp.

Tehra · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:46 pm

Usdk wrote:

No one gives a shit that you don't give a shit.

You rang?

Eturnalshift wrote:

Quote:

Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or a spacecraft after hopping out of a capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth.

I wonder if he deployed his parachute early, killing his chances for the "longest free fall record", because they didn't anticipate the speed he'd be traveling would be so great?

Weena wrote:

I'm still trying to figure out why a company who uses the slogan "Red Bull gives you wings!" would sponser a guy falling.

There are theories.

Aestu · **Posted:** Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:50 pm

I actually had this really nice copy of Paradise Lost with high quality Gustave Dore prints. It was formerly owned by a Mormon who travelled by land to CA in the 19th century. I bought it from his white trash descendant at a flea market. I think my parents threw it away. I really miss it.

Jubbergun · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:14 am

Tehra wrote:

In that picture, I see light, but no shadows.

If you were looking carefully, you probably noticed the artificial lights attached to the super-structure of the platform. There were more than a few of those, lighting the platform in such a way that the only noticeable shadow was by Baumgartner's feet.

Tehra wrote:

You rang?

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! NORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to see you again.

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