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YouTube Broken by Space Jump
Pundit Press ^ | Aurelius

Posted on 10/14/2012 11:50:11 AM PDT by therightliveswithus

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To: Baynative
These are smart guys ~ they got the suit, they got the capsule, they got the chutes ~ all they need is a new balloon and I understood from the broadcast this was the backup balloon, so they got their extra.

Obama can go up in that outfit and at 130,000 feet JUMP OUT ~ then he'll know what 'He did do that' means!

Short of that Obamugabe doesn't have a hair.

21 posted on 10/14/2012 1:21:20 PM PDT by muawiyah
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It hit over 8 million around the time of his jump. very cool...


22 posted on 10/14/2012 1:35:41 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (christian.bahits.com)
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btw, I was watching with my son. I guess the actual number of pairs of eyeballs on the viewing was much larger than 8 million.


23 posted on 10/14/2012 1:37:07 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (christian.bahits.com)
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To: Baynative

This is the photo from his first jump that captured my imagination. The view is looking east, and the distinctive white patches are the “South Dunes” of the Mescalero Dunes area, with the Mescalero Escarpment just beyond to the east. The escarpment was mentioned on the broadcast I watched on the Discovery Channel.

These same dunes showed up directly beneath the capsule in Sunday’s jump, and you can see them in the overhead shot of his initial plunge. Of course, this shows that he had drifted further to the east this time, and concern about this was discussed during the coverage.

Since they were right below him, I wonder how far away he landed from them.


24 posted on 10/15/2012 4:15:29 PM PDT by dr_lew
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Somehow I missed the news about this space jump a couple years back. I just ran into an incredible video of it at LiveLeak.com, and I'm posting the link here for anyone who's interested.

Awesome new first-person view of Felix Baumgartners space jump

25 posted on 02/01/2014 12:59:28 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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