Red Bull Stratos - a jump from 120,000 feet above the earth

[Cruella]

sounds like they are going through final check on his equipment

shouldn't be long now

 

[Cruella]

He's getting ready to jump....leaving the capsule

Cnn is covering

 

[Walter]

Congratulation to Felix Baumgartner!!!!

You can find breathtaking pictures at http://www.skydiverforum.com/threads/red-bull-stratos-a-jump-from-120-000-feet-above-the-earth.56/

 

[dogtowner]

glad it worked out well

 

[Lagboltz]

Wow! A perfect jump. I spent about 40 minutes looking at the live feed.

 

[Pandora]

I guess I thought he was sky diving it.

Thats what I thought too till I saw the picture

 

[Cruella]

They said his balloon was 10 times thinner than a plastic bag.

 

[Walter]

A short video of the mission highlights:

 

[Gipper]

What a great accomplishment. Among other things, it shows the tremendous ingenuity and bravery of Man.

If Man was not so preoccupied with tyrannical centralized government, think of the wonderful things we could achieve.

 

[Pandora]

A short video of the mission highlights:

wow!
that is better than I thought it would be. That guy is B R A V E !

 

[Walter]

A spectacular new video: see the jump through Baumgartners eyes:

 

[Dude111]

Wow the vids I saw were amazing,especially the one right above my reply here! ^^^


Must be scary doing that!!!

THIS BIDEO PROVES THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT! (All those ppl saying it is,insane!!)

 

[Dude111]

Heres a vid of a balloon dropping from 94,000 feet!

http://web.archive.org/web/20020106081445/www.jpaerospace.com/away17 descent.wmv

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