so some crazy austrian guy

[remy_lebeau8]

Is as at about 15k feet above the earth as of this posting. When he hits 27 miles he's gonna jump. Watching it on the tube right now. It's pretty neat I think.

 

[RoryN]

What a rush that's gonna be.

 

[XdOu™]

any links that we can see him online??? that would be nice

 

[remy_lebeau8]

What a rush that's gonna be.

I would say so. From my understanding if this works NASA might invest in case a rocket or whatever they use has an issue. Woo science! He's at 21k now.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

any links that we can see him online??? that would be nice

Check discovery. They're sponsoring it with red bull

 

[XdOu™]

Check discovery. They're sponsoring it with red bull

ok....

 

[blobfish]

Wow, he must be really upset that Maria left him.

 

[Aquagal]

Live.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ

 

[rosco rathbone]

I'm getting nothing on the live stream...

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's on Velocity on my cable.

 

[XdOu™]

I'm getting nothing on the live stream...

same here..

 

[remy_lebeau8]

It's on Velocity on my cable.

Same here. Try the discovery channel or maybe CNN

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I'm also getting an error message.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Flawless high speed stream here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2012/10/14/red-bull-stratos-live-watch-as-felix-baumgarter-goes-supersonic/

67,000 feet up!

 

[rosco rathbone]

It's on youtube, not working on the red bull site for me.

The rate of ascent seems slowish.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Spoke too soon...now it's going up like a rocket.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Red Bull site is working for me.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Is he jumping at 100K or 120K?

 

[Wok]

Is he jumping at 100K or 120K?

120k.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

87k now

 

[rosco rathbone]

Outside temp is up 20 degrees...the sensor must be in direct sun.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Problems with his face plate?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Two wonders:

1. Why are the windows covered up?
2. What happens to the balloon/capsule when he bails out?

 

[phrodeau]

Read up on Project Excelsior, Capt. Joseph Kittinger, and the record he means to break.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excelsior

 

[Wok]

Hopefully the air is thin enough to minimize sonic boom effects.