Felix Baumgartner - highest freefall

[The Large One]

Anyone going to watch this full-blown madman jump of his balcony from 120km up?

Within 40 seconds of jumping, he's expected to go through the sound barrier - while scientists on the ground measure what happened to people's bodies when they go through the sound barrier without the use of an aeroplane or a large catapult.

The fun starts at 1300 BST today, with the jump about 3 hours later.



BBC News - Austrian Felix Baumgartner set for skydive record attempt

 

[albion534]

Awesome

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Anyone going to watch this full-blown madman jump of his balcony from 120km up?

Within 40 seconds of jumping, he's expected to go through the sound barrier - while scientists on the ground measure what happened to people's bodies when they go through the sound barrier without the use of an aeroplane or a large catapult.

The fun starts at 1300 BST today, with the jump about 3 hours later.



BBC News - Austrian Felix Baumgartner set for skydive record attempt

I'll be watching (I'm presuming that BBC News is showing it live?)

The guy's taken adrenaline junkiedom to a new level. If he survives this, where does he go from here? How could he possibly trump this?

 

[pornomagboy]

Felix Baumgartner

What chanel

 

[Lord Bracknell]

What chanel

How will women's perfume help this crazy enterprise?

 

[Seagull58]

What chanel

I would suggest Number 5.

 

[skipper734]

Hope he doesn't burn up on reentry.

 

[The Grockle]

I've been following this through tumblr and this website should be interesting....
Live Broadcast | Red Bull Stratos

 

[Hillian1]

Complete and utter madness that has a high chance of being fatal.

Of course I'll be watching.

 

[Everest]

Anyone going to watch this full-blown madman jump of his balcony from 120km up?

120,000ft (36.5km)

 

[Norman Potting]

I'll be watching (I'm presuming that BBC News is showing it live?)

The guy's taken adrenaline junkiedom to a new level. If he survives this, where does he go from here? How could he possibly trump this?

Same, but without the parachute. Lots and lots of cardboard boxes piled high - could even break the world record for the biggest heap of cardboard boxes - ever.

Strangely there was a very odd film Siesta - Rotten Tomatoes back in the '80's with a similar premise in the plot. The only occassion that I know of where Ellen Barkin, Grace Jones and Jodi Foster appear in the same film as Alexi Sayle!

 

[The Large One]

120,000ft (36.5km)

Yup, you're right.

But the mess will be just the same if it all goes wrong.

 

[The Large One]

How will women's perfume help this crazy enterprise?

It might eradicate the worst of the trapped gas emissions in his spacesuit.

 

[Triggaaar]

jump of his balcony from 120km up?

Off.

120,000ft (36.5km)

That sounds more like it.

Hope he doesn't burn up on reentry.

Snigger.

Yup, you're right.

But the mess will be just the same if it all goes wrong.

I don't suppose there'd be a mess if it was from 120km, there'd be nothing left before reaching the ground.

 

[The Large One]

I don't suppose there'd be a mess if it was fro 120km, there'd be nothing left before reaching the ground.

From.

 

[spongy]

I'm sure a bloke did something similar back in the 60's or 70's. I'm sure I read somewhere that his eyes froze shut for a few minutes.

Here you go.....
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Mental.

 

[Triggaaar]

From.

Touché

 

[Surrey_Albion]

This was done before in 1959 by Joseph Kittinger,I found out by listening to a dramatisation on BBC4, there was a hole smaller than a pin prick in Kittenger's suit and the fear was his organs could have been sucked out through it, it is madness


EDIT: apologies I didnt see in the link the mention of Kittinger at first, Ill now just keep qiute

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

This is amazing. I love it. But the boy needs to get a new hobby for sure.

 

[severnside gull]

The guy has balls......... Well he has for now at least.