I was wondering if they would have a spare

Apparently they do have a spare

Hope he’s going to create a Strava segment 🙂

lol that would be AWESOME

Hope he’s going to create a Strava segment

🙂

God only knows what effect the anti-climax will have.

Flatulence…apparently.

If Red Bull gives your wings why do they need a balloon anyway?

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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrIxH6DToXQ#!

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)

Yep, looks like everything will soon be ready for half an hour ago.

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.

http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/11/videos/1349981733_028108.html

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