Felix Baumgartner

[KBayDog]

For those of us waiting for the NFL kickoff, Baumgartner's attempt for the highest-ever and first supersonic free-fall is live right now on YouTube & Discovery Channel.

Red Bull Stratos

Edit: Huggy, keep your head on a swivel today.

 

[scoober78]

WAY TO GO FELIX!!!!

 

[Brett327]

Gnarley.

 

[KBayDog]

This about sums it up:

@PeytonsHead How do his balls fit in that spacesuit. #SpaceJump

 

[Pugs]

Balls. Big ones. That step to the platform must have been a hard one to take.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Balls. Big ones. That step to the platform must have been a hard one to take.

Yeah, but after that step, the rest is easy.

Glad he's safe on deck. Must've been a heck of a view.

 

[jollygreen07]

SCIENCE.

 

[HooverPilot]

Just awesome. I can't wait to watch the HD Video from the different feeds.

 

[BigBadBoJenkins]

He was spinning fast initially. Did he pass out from the G?

 

[707guy]

Edit: Huggy, keep your head on a swivel today.

Was thinking the same thing watching it go up - 747 Captain to FO - "What is that in front of us...?"

 

[Jim123]

Was thinking the same thing watching it go up - 747 Captain to FO - "What is that in front of us...?"

"Traffic in sight--high, level, low--no factor."

 

[Hotdogs]

What's that term again? Meat missile?

 

[scoober78]

What's that term again? Meat missile?

No, you're thinking of something different...

 

[usmarinemike]

SCIENCE.

 

[Renegade One]

I'm reading 1.24 Mach on the Red Bull site. Don't know if that's official, or just an extrapolation of "measured speed" (700+ something) vs. Mach at sea level, or what the real IMN might be at altitude, given the air density. Crap...I shoulda been an aero major...