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Today:120,000 foot space jump.

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#92 09-10-2012 6:42pm
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Aborting

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#93 09-10-2012 6:42pm
Renn

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Aborted.

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#94 09-10-2012 6:42pm
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Abort ffs.

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#95 09-10-2012 6:42pm
Thrill

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Abort.

Let down.

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#96 09-10-2012 6:42pm
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Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#97 09-10-2012 6:42pm
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fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu wind

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#98 09-10-2012 6:42pm
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antodeco wrote: »

Oh. Dear. Lord.!!

Yeah, I realise I made an error. I didn't mean light.

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#99 09-10-2012 6:43pm
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and its off!

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#100 09-10-2012 6:43pm
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So postponed until tomorrow

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#101 09-10-2012 6:43pm
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ABORT ABORT

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#102 09-10-2012 6:43pm
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No dice. Too windy

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#103 09-10-2012 6:43pm
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See yis all back here tomorrow so.

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#104 09-10-2012 6:43pm
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Its all up in the air.

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#105 09-10-2012 6:44pm
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Called off. Nice publicity for red bull.

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#106 09-10-2012 6:44pm
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Bummer, that's blown the wind out of his sails.

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#107 09-10-2012 6:45pm
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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Its all up in the air.

Nope. Aborted and they'll try again tomorrow.

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#108 09-10-2012 6:45pm
Just Like Heaven

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1ZRed wrote: »

How long will it take him to go up?

Just over 2 hours.

Or never seemingly.

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#109 09-10-2012 6:45pm
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well, thats that over.

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#110 09-10-2012 6:45pm
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Also, is this guy going to be outside the balloon when he jumps? is it from space he's jumping or inside the stratosphere?

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#111 09-10-2012 6:47pm
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He seems to have some nice digs in that balloon anyway!

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#112 09-10-2012 6:47pm
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The costs of this operation will balloon.

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#113 09-10-2012 6:48pm
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probably would've just landed in someones backyard anyway killing their gardener

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#114 09-10-2012 6:51pm
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Damn, I've been checking this all day!

Tomorrow it will happen for him

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#115 09-10-2012 6:51pm
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It's be gas if he bumped into balloon boy when he's up there

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#116 09-10-2012 6:53pm
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30 sec to reach mach... wow

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#117 09-10-2012 6:53pm
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Dead Man Walking wrote: »

probably would've just landed in someones backyard anyway killing their gardener

Debated liking and reporting there...

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#118 09-10-2012 7:00pm
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Deflated.

So I gather that there may be a chance tomorrow but the weather beyond that is expected to be too poor for around a week to have another go.

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#119 09-10-2012 7:45pm
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Thrill wrote: »

Deflated.

So I gather that there may be a chance tomorrow but the weather beyond that is expected to be too poor for around a week to have another go.

It's cancelled till next Fall.

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#120 09-10-2012 8:30pm
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Cancelled, whos to blame,
Who the fall guy

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#121 09-10-2012 9:35pm
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BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Cancelled, whos to blame,
Who the fall guy

Colt Seavers.

I will be watching tomorrow. It will be incredible if he can pull this off.

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