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Preacher From The Black Lagoon
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Red Bull Space Jump... Live
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
This will be pretty cool. Broadcast starts at 10:45 AM. The guy is going to parachute from the edge of space.
"Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves..."-Abraham Lincoln
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you're the man for posting this!
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Preacher From The Black Lagoon
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Looks like they moved the broadcast time up to 10:25 AM
"Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves..."-Abraham Lincoln
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy
Looks like they moved the broadcast time up to 10:25 AM
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They mentioned a few minutes ago that he might be jumping earlier than scheduled because of the reduction in wind speed right now. |
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Right Kind of Guy
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I was just getting ready to come post this.
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and he's off
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Cab to Kinko's
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Pretty freakin neat to be able to watch.
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Right Kind of Guy
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I don't know about anyone else, but when they said 84 year old Joe Kittinger (the current record holder from his 1960 jump) was the man on the radio with him per Felix's request, I got kind of misty.
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I can't even imagine what is going through his mind right now. My heart is beating faster just watching this.
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De puts the D back in D
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This is also on the Discovery channel in case anyone wants to see it on a big screen.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MonsterD
This is also on the Discovery channel in case anyone wants to see it on a big screen.
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You my man, are the friggin man!! |
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only 100,000 more feet to go
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Right Kind of Guy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by a_minimalist
only 100,000 more feet to go
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I think it's a lot more than that. |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hostile
I think it's a lot more than that.
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23 miles = 121,440 feet
At least that's what google says. I'm no expert in conversions. |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by a_minimalist
23 miles = 121,440 feet
At least that's what google says. I'm no expert in conversions.
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You're right. I was calculating it wrong. |
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