ashrobhoy Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Safe and sound like a good kerbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhz3 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Wow that was pretty amazing, don't exactly think it was the "Apollo of our generation", but kudos Felix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotmailcompany52 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Looking forward to the press conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felsmak Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 All manly men in the whole world bow for their new king! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb22 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 wow! no boom but brilliant! was worried at first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNTGODZZ Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 that was a perfect touch down. unfortunate he didnt get the longest jump, but i hope he broke the barrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustwinfull Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Well Done for Felix, my whole family just finished watching the coverage of it, sadly he didn't break all the records he wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotmailcompany52 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Started a steam group called Felix Baumgartner Appreciation Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesomeblack Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Was indeed a nice touchdow. Lets hope he broke at least 3 of 4 records, in stead of 'just' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb22 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 If you'd like to watch the jump againhttp://gizmodo.com/5951563/first-human-supersonic-space-jump-live-coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhz3 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Doesn't he technically still get the record for longest freefall? If I remember correctly, Kittinger used a drogue chute to slow his descent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb22 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) just wow!pic courtesy Red Bullconference shortly... Edited October 14, 2012 by rb22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadshot462 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Preliminary data indicates Felix achieved Mach 1.24, faster than the speed of sound. Congratz to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarniw00p Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 The first videos from Felix Baumgartners onboard cam are on youtube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb22 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 looks intense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olex Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Very impressive. I held my breath when he spun, that didn't look like it was going to plan - but he regained control, and touched down beautifully. Kudos to Felix and the team for pulling this off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Nag Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Doesn't he technically still get the record for longest freefall? If I remember correctly, Kittinger used a drogue chute to slow his descent...Nah, Kittinger didn't use a drogue chute. Though they mentioned during the stream that in an earlier test jump, Kittinger's drogue deployed too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhz3 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I know for a fact he had a "stabilization chute", I don't consider that to be a free fall. Felix was freefalling until he deployed the main chute, hence the gnarly spin. Either way it was an amazing accomplishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matokage Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I was hoping for a sonic boom but he spined too much! the same happen at KSP until the Kerbal reach a thicker atmospher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibb31 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I find it a bit annoying hearing the media talk about "the edge of space". Space is empirically considered to start at 100km, which is nearly 3 times the altitude reached by Baumgartner's balloon.I even read articles this morning claiming that this jump was a huge step to figure out how astronauts could evacuate from orbit which is totally silly, or people asking if he was closer to the ISS than to the ground (the ISS orbits at 10 times this altitude and more importantly travels at 28000km/h). Most people don't realize that spaceflight is about speed, not altitude, and that you can't just jump off the ISS wit a parachute or get into orbit with a balloon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb22 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 via @RedBullStratosThe 30 mill cubic ft balloon was tracked in descent and taken to Mission Control post missionhttp://www.redbullstratos.com/technology/high-altitude-balloon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heath Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU6ZI...ature=youtu.beVery short video to celebrate his success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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