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2012-10-14 10:48 AM

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Is anyone following this? They have the ballon up and figure to get at altitude in 2 hours. http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/


2012-10-14 10:51 AM
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This guy could very easily die doing this jump.
2012-10-14 10:54 AM
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Zero to mach1 in the first 30 seconds of freefall! Talk about pucker factor.
2012-10-14 11:22 AM
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I've been watching it for about an hour, from about 15 minutes before launch. Such an awesome undertaking.

2012-10-14 12:37 PM
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Wondering if we're missing anything critical during commercials.
It's not like football where they can do commercials during time out.
2012-10-14 1:20 PM
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What a nailbiter.


2012-10-14 1:21 PM
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Piece of cake!
2012-10-14 1:54 PM
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I can't believe that landing! Awesome stuff.
2012-10-14 2:00 PM
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WOW!  That reminded me of the Apollo landings when I was a kid!
2012-10-14 3:11 PM
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When he left the capsule, he fell so. damn. fast! 

I'm glad they broadcast that, it was cool as heck to watch.

2012-10-14 4:19 PM
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Anybody else experience a moment of vertigo as he lept off?

As well, I wonder what the extraterrestrials were thinking while watching?


2012-10-14 4:22 PM
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geauxtri - 2012-10-14 4:19 PM Anybody else experience a moment of vertigo as he lept off?

As well, I wonder what the extraterrestrials were thinking while watching?

It was in Roswell. Everyone knows that place is chock full of space critters. 

2012-10-14 5:25 PM
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I'm late to the party, but that was pretty much the COOLEST THING EVER!  He is all sorts of awesome and crazy! (I bet his family/GF were freaked out watching that!)

2012-10-14 5:45 PM
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That was truly incredible!
2012-10-14 6:05 PM
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I watched with my family.  I just cannot imagine the mother watching her son do something like this.  Was really cool to watch and listen as it was happening live!
2012-10-14 6:18 PM
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I watched all but approximately 40 min. of the ascent, and was intrigued with the pre-checking they went through a little over an hour into it.  The constant reaffirmations were great.

I had sweaty palms and was getting emotional during those last 5 minutes before the jump, when they showed his Mother crying, and as he stepped off.  I felt helpless, so I couldn't imagine how and what he felt.

This was one of the most incredible things I have witnessed, which almost beats out watching some of the black and white televised moon walks back in 1969 when I was just over 4 years old.

I'm so glad he came back unhurt and alive!  Congratulations on such a feat!



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