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2012-10-14 11:24:30

#951

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6758|so randum

Jay wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
Jay wrote:
Pretty cool. Not really worthy of all the hype, but cool nonetheless.
easily worth the hype
If you say so. The coolest thing to me was watching the balloon expand as he got further up the pressure gradient.

highest jump, looks like he broke the speed of sound, will provide data for nasa et al, the sheer BALLS of what he did

rather have people watching this than keeping up with the kardashians/the only way is essex.

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2012-10-14 11:25:31

#952

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5100|Amsterdam

FatherTed wrote:
Jay wrote:
Pretty cool. Not really worthy of all the hype, but cool nonetheless.
easily worth the hype

really?
It was a massive anti-climax. Thankfully I didn't watch from the first minute because same as with NASA events, these things take just too much time (and they often get postponed, I believe this one as well) and end up being not worth the wait.
This jump was no exception. I watched it for roughly 10min before he jumped and even that felt like wasted time and ended up making staring at a white dot on a grainy screen whilst listening to incomprehensible radio chatter for 30sec not worth the effort.

He broke a world record, good for him, and were going to see a small spike in the sales of red bull merchandise. gg

2012-10-14 11:33:00

#953

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6755

Kampframmer wrote:
and end up being not worth the wait.

what an exciting world you must live in!

2012-10-14 11:35:21

#954

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5801|Toronto

I didn't watch it. So he didn't even have a helmet camera so you could be amazed at how quickly the world is coming towards you? You just watched from a shitty camera on the pod like thing as he turning into a dot?

That seems like poor planning...

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2012-10-14 11:36:44

#955

UnkleRukus: That Guy; +236|5294|Massachusetts, USA

Pochsy wrote:
I didn't watch it. So he didn't even have a helmet camera so you could be amazed at how quickly the world is coming towards you? You just watched from a shitty camera on the pod like thing as he turning into a dot?

That seems like poor planning...

It was a infrared camera, and for a minute straight you could see him just flailing about as he fell at 700mph.

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2012-10-14 11:39:00

#956

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5801|Toronto

UnkleRukus wrote:
Pochsy wrote:
I didn't watch it. So he didn't even have a helmet camera so you could be amazed at how quickly the world is coming towards you? You just watched from a shitty camera on the pod like thing as he turning into a dot?

That seems like poor planning...
It was a infrared camera, and for a minute straight you could see him just flailing about as he fell at 700mph.

Yep, fuck that. They botched it.

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2012-10-14 11:59:40

#957

Cisse: Member; +63|4627

he has cameras on his suit, they recorded it and show it later

rather than trying to show a live feed from a camera falling at super sonic speeds at sub zero temperatures

derp

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2012-10-14 12:03:48

#958

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

good god I fucking missed it, I'm a retard

2012-10-14 12:04:38

#959

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5801|Toronto

Cisse wrote:
he has cameras on his suit, they recorded it and show it later

rather than trying to show a live feed from a camera falling at super sonic speeds at sub zero temperatures

derp

I don't know, with all of the money put into the event a transmitter on the suit didn't seem too much to ask. Also, "falling at super sonic speeds at sub zero temperatures" doesn't seem like a major problem. If they can get a man to survive the same conditions, they can get a transmitter to work.

Derp.

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2012-10-14 12:05:17

#960

UnkleRukus: That Guy; +236|5294|Massachusetts, USA

Pochsy wrote:
Cisse wrote:
he has cameras on his suit, they recorded it and show it later

rather than trying to show a live feed from a camera falling at super sonic speeds at sub zero temperatures

derp
I don't know, with all of the money put into the event a transmitter on the suit didn't seem too much to ask. Also, "falling at super sonic speeds at sub zero temperatures" doesn't seem like a major problem. If they can get a man to survive the same conditions, they can get a transmitter to work.

Derp.

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2012-10-14 12:27:35

#961

Kampframmer: Esq.; +313|5100|Amsterdam

Finray wrote:
good god I fucking missed it, I'm a retard

You missed fuck all. Watch a 30sec clip of it on youtube; that'll do.

2012-10-14 12:47:27

#962

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

sorry if I don't have your downer attitude maarten I thought it was quite amazing

2012-10-14 12:51:19

#963

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6411|what

Meh.

2012-10-14 12:51:28

#964

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6917|BC, Canada

Kampframmer wrote:
Finray wrote:
good god I fucking missed it, I'm a retard
You missed fuck all. Watch a 30sec clip of it on youtube; that'll do.

What did you expect, him to flap his arms and fly? It's a free fall. And red bull has done this before, only showing a little footage during the event, then releasing all the good stuff later so you have to go back to watch it. It's still pretty damn cool.

2012-10-14 13:41:57

#965

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

Would have loved to have seen it but I really needed the sleep and by the looks of things it was at around 4am here when it happened.

2012-10-14 13:51:55

#966

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

Preliminary figures, official data TBC:

Altitude: 128,097ft (39,044 metres)
Duration of freefall: 4:19
Total jump time: 9:03
Speed: 1,137 kmph (706.5 mph)

2012-10-14 13:57:14

#967

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5960|College Park, MD

Aaaaah, come on fuckin' guy

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2012-10-14 14:05:54

#968

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6046|Catherine Black

no sound barrier break

2012-10-14 14:15:32

#969

UnkleRukus: That Guy; +236|5294|Massachusetts, USA

I smell a subsequent jump to try and break the speed of sound.

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2012-10-14 14:20:39

#970

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

If was going 50kmph faster he would've broken the sound barrier.

2012-10-14 14:21:38

#971

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

Stratosphere is around -3 degrees centigrade.
Speed of sound at that temperature is 1186 kmph

2012-10-14 15:24:42

#972

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6967|England. Stoke

From the BBC site:
"Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, reaching a top speed of 833.9mph (1,342km/h), officials say."

2012-10-14 15:44:12

#973

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5436|Sydney

Is that official? I got my figures from the official Red Bull Stratos page.

2012-10-14 15:46:24

#974

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6967|England. Stoke

That is what they are reporting on the BBC news site.

Also says this: "None of the new marks set by Baumgartner can be classed as "official" until endorsed by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)."

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2012-10-14 16:13:15

#975

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5843

AussieReaper wrote:
Meh.

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