Today:120,000 foot space jump.

Fowler87 · 14-10-2012 9:39pm

MACH 1.24 or over 800 MPH:eek: Legend!

munchkin_utd · 14-10-2012 9:39pm

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Rte have him as piercing the atmosphere at speeds topping 11kph, phenomenal

from the live press conference
1342 kmh is what they measured
Mach 1.24

that was a little quicker than RTE reports !!

EDIT, theres a few of us watching it so.

opinion guy · 14-10-2012 9:40pm

Jesus he shattered the speed of sound :eek:

ScrubsfanChris · 14-10-2012 9:43pm

Appantly he didn't pull the parachute early, it was the plan to deploy it at that height.

Defiler Of The Coffin · 14-10-2012 9:44pm

Incredible. One of the bravest acts I'll ever see.

BorneTobyWilde · 14-10-2012 9:46pm

Visor ****ed up

'' o fogged up ' lol

TheUsual · 14-10-2012 9:47pm

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Incredible. One of the bravest acts I'll ever see.

Pah !
Do it without the parachute, then I will be impressed.

Jonah42 · 14-10-2012 9:51pm

TheUsual wrote: »

Pah !
Do it without the parachute, then I will be impressed.

You first.

3ndahalfof6 · 14-10-2012 9:58pm

it would be some bunjie jump, anyone up for a new world record.

Sitec · 14-10-2012 10:01pm

Amazing to watch, thought the commentary could have been better but what an achievement. Serious dedication to jump from that height, good to see people pushing the boundaries!

ScrubsfanChris · 14-10-2012 10:01pm

Broadcast over

Hank Scorpio · 14-10-2012 10:05pm

watching this earlier, glad everything worked out ok

Balls of steel

shedweller · 14-10-2012 10:57pm

TheUsual wrote: »

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Incredible. One of the bravest acts I'll ever see.

Pah !
Do it without the parachute, then I will be impressed.

Without a chute and use a wingsuit instead. Then land in a field full of cardboard boxes.
Level 10 awesomeness!!

TheUsual · 14-10-2012 11:22pm

shedweller wrote: »

Without a chute and use a wingsuit instead. Then land in a field full of cardboard boxes.
Level 10 awesomeness!!

Back when I were a lad, we used to dream of cardboard boxes.

We had to jump naked, blindfolded and land on a sharp pile of rusty nails covered in salt.

Rayne Wooney · 14-10-2012 11:36pm

Trampas wrote: »

After such a great dive in an environment with no atmosphere,

Liverpool have reportedly made a £35 million pound bid

:pac:

MJ23 · 15-10-2012 12:27am

What happened the pod that he went up in? where does it go?

thebman · 15-10-2012 12:36am

Lollers wrote: »

Was going to ask this, did anyone make out the few words he said before the jump ?

Nobody said it so I will.

He said, "I can see my house from here"

Though some thought he said, "Hey Steve, I can see your house from here so I won the bet, you better have the 50 bucks by the time I land".

etc...
etc...

Grid. · 15-10-2012 12:39am

****in' incredible..........what a guy!!!!!!!!:D

Renn · 15-10-2012 1:49am

MJ23 wrote: »

he'll be killed, the Fukking idiot

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hussey · 15-10-2012 5:57am

With all due respect to Felix Baumgartner, Copper Face Jacks is still the biggest dive on Earth.

Manic Moran · 15-10-2012 7:28am

Basq wrote: »

Why is Milton from Office Space overseeing it all?

Erm... That was Kettinger. Probably the only person on the planet qualified to do that job.

We were watching it in our JOC. (Joint Operations Center: Think military amphitheater with multiple huge TVs on the far wall). If WWIII had started, we'd have probably asked the guy calling it in to hold.

My guess is the reason he was able to break the speed of sound was the gravitational effect of his balls pulling the Earth to him. Earlier comments about knowing what watching the first rocket launches would have been like are probably accurate.

NTM