NU BEZIG:supersonic speed/height record freefall poging LIVE

[Stratofreighter]

En dat vind je dus hier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkJ5ItzEq3M

Wegens weersomstandigheden is de sprong van Felix Baumgartner overigens al een paar keer vertraagd vandaag. Risico's kun je maar beter niet te veel nemen met "an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour"...

A LIVE webcast of the Red Bull Stratos will be live streamed at http://youtube.com/redbull and http://redbullstratos.com

Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more than 50 years.

Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and make a record-breaking freefall jump in the attempt to become the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour), while delivering valuable data for medical and scientific advancement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger , die nu het record heeft sinds 1960 met http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excelsior ,
heeft Felix uitgebreid geadviseerd de afgelopen tijd.

[Stratofreighter]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkJ5ItzEq3M[/youtube]

...en we hebben LIVE beeld op http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkJ5ItzEq3M nu...

[jimmy van drunen]

Felix Baumgartners' jump got cancelled due to the wind!!

[Stratofreighter]

ABORTED for now. De wind is te sterk...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ex ... Test_jumps laat zien dat dit soort dingen niet bepaald ongevaarlijk is/was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Dolgov kon zijn poging niet meer navertellen toen hij het vijftig jaar geleden probeerde...

[Stratofreighter]

Interessant uitgebreid artikel op http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nation ... 6490934232 .

En ook http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505266_162- ... p-mission/

On Tuesday, for the second time, he had to delay the mission due to the weather. Thursday could be his last chance for a while.

The mission looked like a go on Tuesday. Winds calmed after a five-hour delay, and crews pumped helium into the massive balloon, hoping to send Baumgartner, known as "Fearless Felix," into the stratosphere.

But one sudden gust cork-screwed the balloon -- its sheer plastic one-tenth as thin as a sandwich bag -- and scrubbed the planned launch.

Whenever Baumgartner's team launches next, they have to get it right. The balloons can only be used once -- and there is only one balloon left.

Baumgartner plans to rise to 120,000 feet, or higher, and jump to Earth. His top speed could reach 700 miles per hour, Mach 1. He would become the first human in free fall to break the sound barrier.

But for the Red Bull Stratos team, this has been a rough week. Two scrapped launches, and more bad weather is expected Wednesday.

Don Day, meteorologist on the launch team, is especially under pressure now. He has just one more chance to pick the right moment to inflate the final balloon.

The world's watching and a man's life is on the line. More than setting records, they have to get it right.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505266_162- ... p-mission/

[Stratofreighter]

Kijk maar op http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ .

Op het moment van zenden was Felix al 9500 meter hoog en stijgende...

[Stratofreighter]

En Felix heeft nu de hoogte van 20 kilometer gepasseerd...

[frankvhemert]

staan de zes plankjes ook al klaar? Benieuwd of hij het kan navertellen....

gr
Frank

[Stratofreighter]

Felix heeft in ieder geval dit record al gebroken:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Strato-Lab
Ja, dit record heeft 51 jaar gestaan...

[kmarrie]

bij hoeveel ft gaat hij er uit?

[Miguel van der Loos]

Hoi,

De touchdown was ca. drie minuten geleden. Veilig en wel.

Grt.

Miguel

[Stratofreighter]

De voorlopige resultaten:

Preliminary Figures, official data TBC:

Altitude: 128,097 ft , en dat is NEGEN-EN-DERTIG kilometer hoog...
Duration of freefall: 4:19

Total jump time: 9:03
Speed: 1137 kmh

[kmarrie]

Very impressive. Thanks voor de link.

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