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Felix's space jump - Live

A live feed of Felix Baumgartner's attempt to jump from space and break the sound barrier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... rIxH6DToXQ
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Watching! 56,000 ft....
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Wonder if his visor heat is working now? Still looks to be fogging up.

76,000ft and climbing.
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Is it on TV somewhere? My connection to cyberspace sucks.
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I'm betting it's on all the major networks. 105,000 ft now. About 15 minutes till the jump.
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115k... The visor thing is scary. It's heated inside the capsule too. It's about to get very cold on that suit.

Cool to see how inflated the balloon envelope is now.

Gb... No idea. I only have Internet, no tv.
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This is some crazy stuff. Anyone else hooked?

GB, try the Discovery channel.

116.5K now.
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I'll have to look at it when someone puts a recorded clip up. I keep getting an error after viewing for a few seconds.
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Felix's space jump - Live

Being born well after the apollo moon landing, I only ever experienced shuttle launches as a kid. Watching this kinda thing live is so exciting!
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I think I saw Vick buzz him.
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Starting the jump check list. Projected to get to 125,000ft. Still has a visor heater problem, but he's jumping anyway.
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600 FPM at 120,000 ft. That is better than a Lear Jet.
darn feed is buffering pretty bad for me.
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Over 6 million viewers watching right now! 8)
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That explains the buffering. Anything more than 9 people screws it up here.
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Not sure how he's gonna get his huge balls outta that little door.

This is intense! [-o<
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Egress checklist now...
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ok, no internet action for a few minutes but CNN international is live now.
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20 F outside the capsule during depressurization? Seems like the oat probe is getting dusted a little with cabin air or something.
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Yeah, seems warm to me.
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I can only imagine how it was to watch the Apollo 13 mission live.
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