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Author Topic: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)  (Read 2893 times)

GlyphGryph

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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #30 on: October 14, 2012, 11:35:32 am »
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2012, 12:15:41 pm »
Considering this is taking place in Roswell, are they going to call this thing a UFO instead of a weather balloon?
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #32 on: October 14, 2012, 12:24:47 pm »
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #33 on: October 14, 2012, 12:42:29 pm »
He's about to jump. Everyone watch history making!
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #34 on: October 14, 2012, 12:52:31 pm »
Woot! JUMP TIME!

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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #35 on: October 14, 2012, 01:24:20 pm »
He landed so smoothly.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #36 on: October 14, 2012, 01:25:26 pm »
Success.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #37 on: October 14, 2012, 01:26:49 pm »
I was a bit worried when I saw him in that wild spin. Seemed to keep getting faster, and I thought he'd blacked out, with all the radio silence.

He seemed to straighten it out when he hit lower atmo though. Exciting stuff!
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #38 on: October 14, 2012, 02:17:31 pm »


The amount of courage that must have taken.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #39 on: October 14, 2012, 04:47:40 pm »
I wish I could have done that, it looks awesome.
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Re: Red Bull Stratos! (Or, Skydiving From SPAAAAAACE!)
« Reply #40 on: October 14, 2012, 09:36:17 pm »
Quote from: RabblerouserGT on October 14, 2012, 02:17:31 pm
The amount of courage that must have taken.
I'm not sure but I think when he was disconnecting the oxygen link with the pod, he realized "Holy shit, once I do this, I have to jump no matter what." Things like skydiving are more about not letting the fear in and just acting, and I think that extra step might have freaked him out a little.

Are there any interviews with him afterwards, yet?
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