Skydiver set to break sound barrier

[surf patrol]

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner set to break sound barrier.
In the near vacuum at that altitude, he should accelerate beyond about 690mph (1,110km/h) within 40 seconds.

Anyone fancy giving this a go?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19860249

[kitesurfer]

Watch the live feed here if you don't mind me posting the link SP? 3hrs 21mins to go

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live

KS

[drowningbitbybit]

live feed

Almost live feed.... 20s delay in case it all goes hideously wrong

[surf patrol]

Almost live feed.... 20s delay in case it all goes hideously wrong

What could possibly go wrong

[Hurricane]

If I got amped up on Red Bull I would probably do it. Although second thoughts might occur when I open the door to jump.

[surf patrol]

Shame it got cancelled. We'll all have to wait for the next attempt.

[esonscar]

I'LL DO IT . . . . . gimme a bullet wetsuit and a tin of baked beans godammit . . . . sound barrier broken 'outta my neck seal . . . . easy peasy

[surf patrol]

I saw on this morning's news that he made the jump successfully. He broke the speed of sound and reached a top speed of 833.9mph (1,342km/h).

[esonscar]

I saw on this morning's news that he made the jump successfully. He broke the speed of sound and reached a top speed of 833.9mph (1,342km/h).

Hey SP . . . ^ Yeah, with all due respect to the dude . . . awesome, truly awesome . . . . really awesome . . . no help at all possible . . . just him and gravity never mind anything else at all . . . and Eight Hundred Miles per Hour !

The British newspaper The Telegraph says this about the drop >> ROSWELL, N.M. and the (in my book ) honourable Mr Felix Baumgartner . . . . <<

" The former military parachutist rose in a purpose-built capsule beneath a giant helium balloon to a height of more than 128,000ft – almost four times the height of a cruising passenger airliner.
After a salute to the millions watching around the world, Baumgartner jumped from the capsule and plummeted toward earth, reaching a speed of 833mph - or Mach 1.24 - faster than the speed of sound, according to his spokesman.
His remarkable feat came exactly 65 years to the day after Chuck Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier in an aeroplane, and it was one of three world records Baumgartner set with his jump. He also smashed the records for the highest manned balloon flight and the highest skydive. "

As we say in Wales . . . Tidy'mun.