A MAN IS ABOUT TO PARACHUTE FROM OUTER FUCKING SPACE

Buttlord

WHO WANTS TO WATCH A WORLD RECORD BEING SET

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrIxH6DToXQ

THIS SHIT IS COOL

interrobang

how high up is he going to go before he jumps?

LuvTheMonkey

120,000 feet.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

fuck that's rad

Buttlord

twenty two miles apparently

he's going further than the record of 102,800 feet at least

interrobang

jesus christ that owns

Buttlord

from the red bull stratos site

Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers.

The Red Bull Stratos team brings together the world's leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication. It includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Felix will strive to break.

Joe's record jump from 102,800 ft in 1960 was during a time when no one knew if a human could survive a jump from the edge of space. Joe was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and had already taken a balloon to 97,000 feet in Project ManHigh and survived a drogue mishap during a jump from 76,400 feet in Excelsior I. The Excelsior III mission was his 33rd parachute jump.

Although researching extremes was part of the program's goals, setting records wasn't the mission's purpose. Joe ascended in helium balloon launched from the back of a truck. He wore a pressurized suit on the way up in an open, unpressurized gondola. Scientific data captured from Joe's jump was shared with U.S. research personnel for development of the space program. Today Felix and his specialized team hope to take what was learned from Joe's jumps more than 50 years ago and press forward to test the edge of the human envelope.

A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FUCKING THOUSAND FUCKING FEET

HOLY SHIT

Huntera

Gonna take like 20 minutes for him to fall isn't it?

Tef

Aww man the video won't work for me

Artreus

Also the whole breaking the wound barrier without an airplane thing is pretty rad

Grey Ghost

I kinda thought terminal velocity would be a thing

How is he going to break the sound barrier?

Snicketysnick

Grey Ghost wrote: »

I kinda thought terminal velocity would be a thing

How is he going to break the sound barrier?

Badassitude

Grey Ghost

Oh, nevermind

Lower atmospheric pressure at that altitude decreases drag

freakish light

Artreus wrote: »

Also the whole breaking the wound barrier without an airplane thing is pretty rad

This probably means sound but it's way better the way it is

Mortal Sky

This is, like, literally an orbital drop. Now all we need is power armor and capsules.

Brolo

heh

Beasteh

they's all wemt in de fire

Beasteh

all souls did burn

Solar

So which thread is the cool thread to post in then

Brolo

christ the curvature of the earth

Cabezone

I wouldn't be comfortable with the old man mixing up his oxygen numbers.

Brainleech

Grey Ghost wrote: »

I kinda thought terminal velocity would be a thing

How is he going to break the sound barrier?

Well I will hear it if he does

Balefuego

wait so this guy is getting up there in basically a tin can attached to a balloon? That sounds like a fucking terrible idea

Der Waffle Mous

Rolo wrote: »

christ the curvature of the earth

Pretty sure that's a wide-angle lens.

Artreus

freakish light wrote: »

Artreus wrote: »

Also the whole breaking the wound barrier without an airplane thing is pretty rad

This probably means sound but it's way better the way it is

Whoops. Auto correct got me on that one. Leaving it up.

But yeah, they figure he may be breaking the sound barrier so he is wearing a pressure suit of some kind

101

I think youtube is getting pretty hard by this, my stream keeps stopping to buffer

But this is so fucking cool I don't mind the stream stuttering every now and then

Balefuego

like there is literally nothing that dude can do in there but jump out

mensch-o-matic

sure hope that

he doesnt die

Solar

Christ that is one big ass balloon

Brolo

Balefuego wrote: »

like there is literally nothing that dude can do in there but jump out

really if they did have to abort at this point, is it even possible to vent the hot air out of that balloon?

Cabezone

It's helium and he could safely jump out at any point now.

Solar

Rolo wrote: »

Rolo wrote: »

Balefuego wrote: »

like there is literally nothing that dude can do in there but jump out

really if they did have to abort at this point, is it even possible to vent the hot air out of that balloon?

It's helium and they probably have some sort of abort procedure

even if it is "okay dude things are fucked. Open the door and bail out."

TheLawinator

The guy has a parachute, the capsule also has a parachute and can detach from the balloon. The balloon can go to hell.

Solar

The balloon is apparently made of material less than a tenth of the thickness of a sandwich bag

must be some pretty hardcore stuff!

Curly_Brace

Oh man, little more than an hour to go then it's time for BREAKING THE GODDAMN SOUND BARRIER WITH HIS FACE.

Butler

Look this guy better be fuckin listening to Space Oddity on the way up or it doesn't count.

Raijin Quickfoot

I could catch some disease where my balls never stop swelling and they would never be as big as this dude's balls.

Centipede Damascus

Rolo wrote: »

Balefuego wrote: »

like there is literally nothing that dude can do in there but jump out

really if they did have to abort at this point, is it even possible to vent the hot air out of that balloon?

yeah that's not hot air, it's actually helium

Kochikens

they drop him at 22m right

Solar

yeah

120 thousand feet

Centipede Damascus

meanwhile, the Flat Earth Society Twitter account is silent