[Closed] PSA Redbull Stratos on now

So they put it off..

To TODAY!!

"is excited"

Put off to Sunday was what I heard.....

Yup, just checked..

Sunday. Excellent. Perfect. Because everybody knows there's never 'a bit of wind' on a Sunday.

Trying for another go, now.

38 mins and counting...

http://www.redbullstratos.com/the-mission/launch-progress/

Edit: Ok, the countdown is now 1hr18mins. I don't think they have grasped the concept of the word countdown.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Please go ahead.

Balloon is going up...!

EDIT: I mean the balloon is being inflated not physically going up...

Yip. Balloon is all off the ground, so no scrapes this time.

capsule is not though
Live here
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/7
or here

Same feed FWIW

last minute launchingnow

Looks like launch will be at or before 16:00 BST..... woo hoo (bugger I've turned into Homer)

Looks like launch will be at or before 16:00 BST..... woo hoo (bugger I've turned into Homer)

And they're off

Surprisingly exciting that take off, how long til he jumps? (Assuming all goes well...)

It's on its way.

I reckon an hour or so to get up there... I'm probably wrong though

Think the ascent takes 2 hours 😕

Think the ascent takes 2 hours

Think I'll have got bored by then!

JK: Are you venting?

FB:Yes, just a little.

mmmmm, venting

ETA = 120 mins.

*puts kettle on*

2 to 3 hrs up 15 to 20 mins down.........eye halls intact! Who knows
???

Robert Hager likes talking about Robert Hager.

Grrrrrr. Going to press mute until the jump.

Is it only me, who keeps hearing Baumgartner as Bumgardener?

/paging Dr Freud.

pretty sure there is a reason they are calling him Felix

Where's he expecting to land?

Any links to the launch yet anyone

http://www.randybaumgardner.com

It's pretty gripping stuff.

[url= http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/11/videos/1349981733_028108.html ]http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/11/videos/1349981733_028108.html[/url]

Launch? He's 11 km up!
This has me gripped

It was a good launch, hope it all goes well!

I hope who evers bum garden he lands in, is very tidy!

What was the nonsense from the commentator about Baumgartner's mother crying with joy at the launch? I suspect it might have been fir a different reason....

It was about a million viewers when I started watching on youtube now its over two and a half million wonder what it be just before he jumps.

bonkers hes not even 1/2 way and the view is already starship enterprise

50k ft up. Crikey. I've jumped from 12,500ft and that felt a very long way up..... Still, I suppose it's the last couple of inches that really matter....

[quote=kimbers ]bonkers hes not even 1/2 way and the view is already starship enterprise
🙄

That backdrop on the live feed isn't the outside view you know....

I hope he doesn't bottle out at the last minute.. 😕

I've been up to 58,500ft in Concorde and i can guarantee its a bloody long way up...

I wouldn't have fancied jumping and that's not even half way up for him!!!

Link down?

He prob deserves a few spectators!

yunki - Member

I hope he doesn't bottle out at the last minute..

I'm pretty sure there's only one way back down 🙂

Youtube link works.

Is it just me or is the feed streaming utter pish?

There's continuous coverage on n-tv if you have a sat box.

It's a bit like watching Apollo missions except it's in colour. Given the number of high divers I've seen end up in a spin or bellyflop from the high board I hope he gets the initial dive right.