[Newsbot]

Title: Felix Baumgartner's world skydive record attempt under way
Category: World
Posted By: martin14
Date: 2012-10-14 10:40:58

[martin14]

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

[Lemmy]

Why does this remind me of the guy who leapt from the Eiffel Tower in 1912?

[Brenda]

CNN is broadcasting with 20 second delay.

[ShepherdsDog]

didn't break the freefall record

[Lemmy]

That was insane and riveting. I hope he made a few bucks off that stunt.

[Hyack]

Brenda wrote:

CNN is broadcasting with 20 second delay.

That's so they can cut the feed if it looks like he's gonna do a MASSIVE faceplant...

[Brenda]

Hyack wrote:

Brenda wrote:

CNN is broadcasting with 20 second delay.

That's so they can cut the feed if it looks like he's gonna do a MASSIVE faceplant...

Turns out they stopped broadcasting seconds before he jumped, and started again after he landed

[Thanos]

Brenda wrote:

Turns out they stopped broadcasting seconds before he jumped, and started again after he landed

Conspiracy! JOO$ faked the RedBull freefall jump! This is worse than 9/11!

[Tricks]

That was incredible. We need more men like Felix.

[Regina]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le4611689/
He broke the sound barrier?

[xerxes]

Apparently

Quote:

The preliminary numbers are now in. The big one is speed. Baumgartner reached Mach 1.24, meaning he did break the speed barrier.

His exit was the highest ever recorded: 128,100ft (39,035 meters).

Baumgartner was in freefall for four minutes and twenty seconds.

The freefalling distance was 119,846ft (36,529 meters).

His maximum velocity was 373 meters per second.

[BeaverFever]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

didn't break the freefall record

He broke the skydiving speed record and the altitude record for ballooning and jumping. Time in freefall record was missed, but probably due to his speed.

[ShepherdsDog]

The speed was needed to break the sound barrier, an unexpected trade off .

[raydan]

No splat!!!!



Well that was terribly disappointing.