1 Day and 10 Hours Until Sratos Jump!

[OkStateMET]

You can follow Red Bull Stratos on twitter for updates....

 

[dennishoddy]

That guy has kahuna's of titanium. Or a death wish.

 

[HMFIC]

They said that the balloon needs 2mph or less winds because it's so fragile... not sure how it survives higher winds at altitude but ? oh well.

Hope we get a show tomorrow.

 

[HMFIC]

That guy has kahuna's of titanium. Or a death wish.

I'd say a healthy portion of each given the things he's already done...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Baumgartner

 

[SMS]

They said that the balloon needs 2mph or less winds because it's so fragile... not sure how it survives higher winds at altitude but ? oh well.

Hope we get a show tomorrow.

I think it's mostly during the inflation and launch...since the balloon/tether extends some 700 feet above the gondola. With the gondola still on the ground and attached to the crane, any wind pushing the balloon around could make a mess.

 

[okietool]

I hear somewhere he's taking his cat Spangles.
That will freak PETA out if it's true.

 

[HMFIC]

I think it's mostly during the inflation and launch...since the balloon/tether extends some 700 feet above the gondola. With the gondola still on the ground and attached to the crane, any wind pushing the balloon around could make a mess.

Gotcha. That makes more sense.

I guess the launch is scrubbed for tomorrow too? Let's get this bird flying, I want to see what happens when he breaks the sound barrier.

 

[ArGyLe64]

Yesterday the wind was too strong and there was a radio malfunction.

 

[ArGyLe64]

The launch has been rescheduled for Sunday morning at 7 am.

 

[WTJ]

So why haven't we been back to the moon since the days of slide rules? (I'd bring up projects like the SR-71, too, but that's been superceded by satellites.)

I really didn't include space in my comment, and I suspect that most manned outer-space oriented experiments are decided by our risk-adverse mentality these days. Sliderules aside, I would guess that NASA does not see a compelling need for moon travel any longer.