Haven't seen anything posted here about it. Dude is about to take a helium ballon up 120,000 ft to the edge of space where he will then jump. His ballon is scheduled to launch around 11am due to delay. The ascent will take almost 3 hours.
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His main issue it at that altitude there isn't enough atmosphere to steer his body. If he falls and begins to rotate ha can't do nothing about it.
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I'd be too afraid of jumping out...and then begin "falling" the wrong direction.
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They didn't put any sort of propulsion pack on him to help push him into the atmosphere if he goes too high?
That would be a hell of a ride. Where can i sign up?
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He's not in orbit, once he steps off the platform he is going to fall straight down. Also because he's max speed will be about 650 mph, there will be no re entry heating.
Still with one screw up with the suit, his blood would boil in seconds.
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Holy Frack! He's going to fall really fast with balls that big.
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Id give it a go for sure!
The live video is just showing open sky on my phone did they already launch?
That's so badass! Can't wait to see the video.
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Looking at 11:30 now. They have a bunch of cameras so we shouldn't miss anything.
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Called off lol. Damn wind.
It would appear to be a little windy...
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Those balloons are so large and fragile you really need almost still air.
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Yup! Anyone else suprised how thin this baloon was? Seems like a bird could puncture it.
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Last edited by Snowman; Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 12:02 PM.
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That is nuts but oh so badass!
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