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Watch guy jump from space!

af_thefragile · 2012-10-14 09:32:16

Felix Baumgartner is going to jump from 120,000 ft up in the sky breaking Joseph Kittinger's record 102,800 ft set in 1960. You can watch it live here in about 2 n half hours time... http://www.youtube.com/redbull

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14-10-2012 10:32am

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af_thefragile

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Felix Baumgartner is going to jump from 120,000 ft up in the sky breaking Joseph Kittinger's record 102,800 ft set in 1960.

You can watch it live here in about 2 n half hours time...
http://www.youtube.com/redbull

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#2 14-10-2012 10:36am
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Will it actually happen this time though, I wonder?

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#3 14-10-2012 10:46am
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Well the countdown is live so fingers crossed!

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#4 14-10-2012 10:50am
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81157741

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81160842

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#5 14-10-2012 3:17pm
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On now...

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

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#6 14-10-2012 4:08pm
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Is it over or are they still waiting?

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#7 14-10-2012 4:10pm
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Still waiting http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

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#8 14-10-2012 4:19pm
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Current projection is 5pm Irish time, but might go sooner if winds die down

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#9 14-10-2012 4:25pm
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COUNT DOWN NOW

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#10 14-10-2012 4:32pm
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He's off...............

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#11 14-10-2012 4:46pm
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So 2 more hours before he actually jumps?

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#12 14-10-2012 4:49pm
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yup

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#13 14-10-2012 4:53pm
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Alarm set

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#14 14-10-2012 5:23pm
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damn youtube live feed buffering all the time every few seconds almost un-watchable

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#15 14-10-2012 5:45pm
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Feed is fine for me here watching via the redbull site

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#16 14-10-2012 6:25pm
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Just jump already!!!

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#17 14-10-2012 6:37pm
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I have the tab open but not focused on it. Thank feck I just had something to eat otherwise yer man's voice'd put me to sleep! What altitude are they going for--a while back I heard "120, maybe 130,000ft" Is it until the helium runs out or something? Would've thought they'd have something cemented tbh

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#18 14-10-2012 6:41pm
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G'wan boy!

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#19 14-10-2012 6:42pm
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I don't really get the big deal behind this. It's just gonna be a guy falling for a few minutes. Be boring as hell to watch a stream of!

*Edit* Actually sorry I just switched to the live feed and its pretty exciting*

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#20 14-10-2012 6:42pm
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Yer man said 125k

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#21 14-10-2012 6:51pm
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it would be a terrible time to get an itchy foot ....

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#22 14-10-2012 6:54pm
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the boys in the control centre wouldnt exactily fill you full of confidence, making mistakes just calling out a check list!!!!!

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#23 14-10-2012 6:56pm
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Presumably he knows he's falling now, yeah? Would he not just fling himself out before the record gets lower?

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#24 14-10-2012 6:57pm
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Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Presumably he knows he's falling now, yeah? Would he not just fling himself out before the record gets lower?

well i hope he has secured his tray table first and made sure his window blind remains in the open position

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#25 14-10-2012 7:19pm
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I'd say that was some buzz!

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#26 14-10-2012 7:24pm
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That looked mad when he was standing looking down on the planet and then the jump far out.

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#27 14-10-2012 7:30pm
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#28 15-10-2012 6:50pm
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What really happened...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/15/mini_baumgartner/

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