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On my ipad it took ages to connect and the quality was crap.
On the Macbook it all works perfectly.
Not the most exciting thing I've ever watched but that'll change in a bit when he gets high enough
I want to know what happens if you hit that red knob, on the right hand side, of his launch pad???
Watching on laptop but this is exactly the thing we bought apple tv for.
Whenever I enlarge the iPad picture a fault sign comes up aaaargh.
The closest point at which you are no longer capable of being captured by Earths gravity would be the Earth-Moon L1 point - That's over 300,000km away
aahhh... so he's a great big wuss then.. 🙄
What time's X-factor on..?
On the sports channel in Spain. They'll probably go for an ad break just as he jumps.
I had snags the first couple of times but its been running without fault since launch.
Boba Fatt - MemberJust think, if we stopped fighting amongst each other and worked together, we'd probably have reached Jupiter by now
And then the radiation around Jupiter would have killed us instead! We should have worked together to get to Mars, and maybe we will after the discoveries Curiosity Rover is starting to make.
Its fairly certain Mars was warmer and wetter in the past, which means life was/is a distinct possibility.
nice view at the minute from up there
Well, he's above Kittinger's height now...!
i'd love to see what his heart rate is
Thought my wife was trying to make iPad work for me...
She's looking at effing curtains
As the commentator didn't manage to tell us, the Manned Balloon Flight altitude record is 113,740 feet.
So,is he aiming for 120k to jump?
Yep, but apparently the balloon usually goes higher, so it could be as much as 130k
LESS BALLOON, MORE SPACE!
This is amazing to watch!
Just think, if we stopped fighting amongst each other and worked together, we'd probably have reached Jupiter by now
Nah. Competition/strife fuels advancement.
Streaming from YouTube on the iPad to the television here - couple of glitches, but only with the feed, I think.
By the way, have we mentioned the fact that it was 62 years ago today that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1? Well, officially, anyway - it has been suggested that diving aircraft in WWII got there first. It's just that either no-one survived to tell the tale or they couldn't prove it...
Also, what happens to the capsule after he's jumped?
Also, what happens to the capsule after he's jumped?
It returns to earth.
I wish they'd stop cutting out the communication. This whole faceplate thing is adding another dimension altogether and it would be interesting to hear some of the background stuff.
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Also, what happens to the capsule after he's jumped?
It's got its own parachute system to bring it back down to Earth.
Gweilo - Member
As the commentator didn't manage to tell us, the Manned Balloon Flight altitude record is 113,740 feet.
Just mentioned it!
This makes F1 look exciting.
@dj15 - I thought it must do. They would hardly build a capsule for each jump, I supposed...
Does the balloon have a dump valve so that he can descend to a safe altitude to jump if the faceplate thing is insurmountable?
I reckon he's jump, face issue or not.
Auto opening parachute, etc.
It'll clear up as he dives! 🙂
I reckon he's jump, face issue or not.
Agreed/
And now I see commentator thinks the temperature is in Farenheight.... idiot!!
he's higher on the news than my internet : (
Don't want to listen to Robert Hager anymore thankyouplease
Sudden seems to be climbing quicker. Hope someone's not done a calc wrong and it's not about to shoot away into Space.
I'm on the official youtube feed. Is there another feed where you can here what he's saying onboard?
That balloon has certainly increased in volume since take-off!
Official solution to the faceplate problem. MTFU!
What et to jump so I can just tune in for that?
Seems to be accelerating, I though it was supposed to slow down as he got higher 😯
Pin anyone?
He doesn't seem to be any hurry! I'd be getting out now before I float away forever.
If he gets just a bit higher he can break the marathon record too
Getting tense now!
God, I need a wee!! How many items on checklist????
30 odd
Check cameras- imagine forgetting to turn the buggers on 😯
Signal loss detected !!! Nooo....
Phew, back in time.
don't want to go searching the net in case I lose connection......what was the expected speed he will get to?
speed of sound?