Redbull Stratos in 2 days.

[AWW$HEEET]

i heard its on discovery

[SpaceGhost]

I think it takes 3-4 hrs to get to 120,000 feet.

[RedRocket1647545505]

aborted

[SpaceGhost]

Abort,

[iwashmycar]

Damn.

[RC K9]

NOOOOO

[Fubar231]

Aborted for the day. Gay!

[zeitgeist57]

HAIGUYZ ITS ABORTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUST CAME HERE TO POST THIS.

[Trouble Maker]

WTF, current wind speed is 0.8mph.

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-85RtTyUMogE/ThnFHgPjx4I/AAAAAAAAAu8/Xc5_Z08suSg/s1600/8156.rage_face.jpg

 

I sure hope it was something going on up at higher elevations and not at ground level.

[zeitgeist57]

Maybe by the time he gets up dere it'll be too late to jump? Time-window for safety's sake?

[AWW$HEEET]

aborted like a phil one night stand baby

[Trouble Maker]

Maybe by the time he gets up dere it'll be too late to jump? Time-window for safety's sake?

 

The statement said something about wind gust which I'm sure that little widget wouldn't pick up.

[RedRocket1647545505]

Discovery said that the wind has to be <2mph from ground level to 800ft in order to safely get him off the ground.

[justinwebb]

This is quite awesome stuff, I am building a weather balloon to take up 2 GoPro cameras and it should get to around 100,000 but could never imagine taking up a human lol. Wish it would have gone up today was sitting here watching to see what would happen

[RedRocket1647545505]

Have they said how long it will take him to get to that altitude?

[justinwebb]

The web site says how fast it will go up with some quick maths I can tell you lol

How fast will the balloon ascend?

 

The balloon will ascend at about 1,000 feet per minute. At some points, its ascent could be as fast as 1,400 feet per minute. Upon reaching about 100,000 feet, however, it will likely slow to roughly 750 feet per minute until it levels off at approximately 120,000 feet above sea level.

 

Edit: around 2 hrs lol

[AWW$HEEET]

do they have any idea where he will land at all?

[justinwebb]

do they have any idea where he will land at all?

 

depends on the high altitude winds and where the jet stream may be, I know when I launch mine, granted it is just a wee bit smaller will go around 30-45 miles away. So depends on the winds honestly

[CRed05]

~12mph...so it will take ~2 hours? Did I do that right?

[jeffro]

~12mph...so it will take ~2 hours? Did I do that right?

 

12mph? He is going to 120,000 feet. if he was moving at 12mph it would take him 10,000 hours.

[justinwebb]

12mph? He is going to 120,000 feet. if he was moving at 12mph it would take him 10,000 hours.

 

umm wat, that is incredibly incorrect lol its not 120,000 miles

[ansonivan]

Was waiting for one of the ground crew to huff some of the venting helium and sing the star spangled banner.

[SpaceGhost]

12mph? He is going to 120,000 feet. if he was moving at 12mph it would take him 10,000 hours.

 

Put the pipe down Jeff.

 

12mph = 63,360 fph

[jeffro]

Put the pipe down Jeff.

 

12mph = 63,360 fph

 

DOH, :dumb::lolguy::masturboy:

[Putty]

Where the fuck is the live feed?