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10-14-2012, 05:04 PM
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: ATX
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Red Bull Stratos
Still trying to figure out how exactly they got his beach balls to fit into his suit. This man is a badass.
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Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss |
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10-14-2012, 05:31 PM
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
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They are conducting a live press conference here in a few, for anyone interested: http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
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Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss |
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10-14-2012, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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10-14-2012, 05:40 PM
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Preliminary data: 373 m/s or 1342 kph or 833.9 mph... in other words, mach 1.24. Has to be peer reviewed, but looks like he broke the sound barrier.
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Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss |
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10-14-2012, 05:41 PM
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My balls, your chin
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: The desert of Az
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Dude stepped off the edge @ 128,100ft.
Motherfucker. 
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10-14-2012, 05:44 PM
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Quote:
 128k, it's more like  close your eyes and jump.
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Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss |
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10-14-2012, 06:23 PM
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I give Squids a bad name
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fly Over State
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I watched it with my girlfriend at lunch. She could barely handle it on the cell phone.
I've been pretty interested in this for a while. I'm a chemistry major who wants to work with rocket and jet propulsion. To me this is the beginning of privatized space travel. Kittinger was the first step for NASA in the 60s. Less than a decade later, we were on the moon. I think regular space flights for private citizens ins't too far off in the future. I think private travel to the moon will happen in our lifetime.
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10-14-2012, 07:03 PM
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Wrap Yo Ass in Fiberglass
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Can you imagine what was going through his mind standing on the platform- knowing you are falling 24 miles AND going to go faster than the speed of sound ?
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10-14-2012, 08:44 PM
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: ATX
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Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss |
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10-14-2012, 09:07 PM
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Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
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I read an article about him a year ago, where they said he'd be in big trouble unless he kept himself heads-down (kind of like they did on Star Trek) for the first half of it. I was surprised he didn't do that.
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