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Mission to the Edge Of Space

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CentralMOBuck

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Anybody else watching this?

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers.

The Red Bull Stratos team brings together the world's leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication. It includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Felix will strive to break.

Joe's record jump from 102,800 ft in 1960 was during a time when no one knew if a human could survive a jump from the edge of space. Joe was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and had already taken a balloon to 97,000 feet in Project ManHigh and survived a drogue mishap during a jump from 76,400 feet in Excelsior I. The Excelsior III mission was his 33rd parachute jump.

Although researching extremes was part of the program's goals, setting records wasn't the mission's purpose. Joe ascended in helium balloon launched from the back of a truck. He wore a pressurized suit on the way up in an open, unpressurized gondola. Scientific data captured from Joe's jump was shared with U.S. research personnel for development of the space program. Today Felix and his specialized team hope to take what was learned from Joe's jumps more than 50 years ago and press forward to test the edge of the human envelope.
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729 MPH during his freefall, nearly at the speed of sound.

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I watched this and was talking to my parents, its absolutely amazing feat but I told my parents this seems like the most important space event I have, likely will have, in my lifetime. Unlike them who were in there teens and twenties during the space race.

Still absolutely amazing, especially given the fact he didnt do this for country or national pride, yeah he's getting paid but not that much.
 
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AuTX Buckeye;2234943; said:
I watched this and was talking to my parents, its absolutely amazing feat but I told my parents this seems like the most important space event I have, likely will have, in my lifetime. Unlike them who were in there teens and twenties during the space race.

Still absolutely amazing, especially given the fact he didnt do this for country or national pride, yeah he's getting paid but not that much.
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This. I feel so honored to say I watched this happen.
 
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Some official stats i found

21.44 (14.44) Brian Utley, of FAI certification, is going through some of the numbers, which are even more impressive than we originally thought.
Lets break them down:
Exit altitude: 128,100ft
Freefall time 4 minutes 20 seconds
Freefall distance 119,846ft
Velocity 373 metres per second or 833.9mph - which is Mach 1.24
That's even faster than we thought. He didn't just break speed of sound. He smashed it.
And Felix has been asked what he said when he was 128,000ft up in the air.
I know the whole world is watching right now and I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are
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DAMN..... 833 MPH That is CRAZY
 
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