Watch Felix Baumgartner's 23 Mile Freefall Live

[Jugband McGillicuddy]

OMG. Here we go. So intense!!

 

[Fear The Spear]

I heard the jump was canceled because they could not fit Felix's balls inside the capsule.*

Is he more brave or crazy ?

You surely have to have a significant element of "crazy" to do this.

 

[Miles Monroe]

Seems to me, they are making it much more dangerous by lollygagging around at what's now 7,000 ft higher than their original plan. Jump already.

He hasn't reached the jump altitude yet. Remember, everything is in nautical miles.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

Live feed isn't working for me, oh well.

 

[Fear The Spear]

Live feed isn't working for me, oh well.

Had the same problem. Working now for me. Keep refreshing

 

[Fear The Spear]

We can watch a guy jump 23 miles from space LIVE, but we can't see a professional football game Live on TV all over the country

 

[Fear The Spear]

Anyone know about how long the whole jump will take ?

 

[Jugband McGillicuddy]

Meh. Only 4:19 of freefall.

Lame.

 

[Lanky Livingston]

Damn, 4 minute free-fall, that's insane! Thanks for the tip, FTS - worked after a few refreshes.

 

[Fear The Spear]

Meh. Only 4:19 of freefall.

Lame.

Really - coudn't he have hung on another 20 seconds, to make all this worthwhile ?

 

[Jugband McGillicuddy]

24.5 miles? 750+ MPH? And a perfect landing.

Good Lord. Good fricken Lord.

Awesome!!!

 

[Nobody]

Congratulations Felix, but good luck on finding a planet big enough to store your balls on.

 

[Burgundy Burner]

That was awesome. Well done!

 

[Nobody]

I'll admit, he had me worried when he went into the flat spin for so long. Amazed he was able to pull it off, good job.

 

[Fear The Spear]

Why couldn't they attach a web cam to his helmet for us. That would have been awesome.

Oh well the good news is he didn't break his neck. But the bad news is he didn't break the record either.

 

[Jugband McGillicuddy]

there are several other cameras recording the fall that will be uploaded soon Im sure.

I can't wait to see that.

Although the first few minutes may be nausea-inducing.

 

[Burgundy Burner]

Why couldn't they attach a web cam to his helmet for us. That would have been awesome.

Oh well the good news is he didn't break his neck. But the bad news is he didn't break the record either.

He did break the record for highest balloon flight by a human. Also broke the altitude record. He is the first human to break the sound barrier sans an aircraft. He did not break the longest freefall - missed that mark by fifteen seconds. Breaking the sound barrier probably had something to do with missing that mark.

 

[Boone]

Most humans would be frozen and unable to act in that situation. It takes a special bravery to be able to ignore everything your senses are telling you and make that leap. Wow.

 

[Burgundy Burner]

He attained a speed of 833 mph - mach 1.24. Incredible.

 

[Special K]

I about threw up when I saw the camera angle of him on the ledge looking down on Earth. Fortunately I was able to keep my brunch down and just screamed instead. Unbelievable. And my parents thought I gave them grey hair!