Mission: Red Bull Stratos

[Parker 1st MRB]

The mission, Red Bull Stratos, will take renowned athlete Felix Baumgartner to at least 120,000 feet above the earth, to the very edge of Space. From there, he will attempt a stratospheric free fall jump - the longest in the history of man - and hopefully will become the first human to break the speed of sound with his own body.

This is a mission to overcome limits which have existed for almost fifty years, ever since the heroic achievement of the young US Air Force test pilot, Joe Kittinger, with his 1960 Excelsior mission. Red Bull Stratos will attempt to make history and deliver valuable learnings for medical and scientific advancement that will aid the exploration of space in future years.

Target launch date: Monday, October 8th at 8 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. PT.

For more information, visit http://www.redbullstratos.com/

[Bryant 1st MRB]

holy shit....that would be amazing and beautiful, but probably the scariest thing you would do

[Gooderham 1st MRB]

That would be absolutely terrifying. I couldn't do it. I can't imagine he has a wife and kids either, I know my GF wouldn't let me jump from the edge of space.

[evo-lution ßÄЯ]

Um two words re-entry heat

[Parker 1st MRB]

Um two words re-entry heat

I'm pretty sure he won't burn up, but he'll probably have the sweatiest pair of balls on the planet when he lands!

[Gooderham 1st MRB]

I'm pretty sure he won't burn up, but he'll probably have the sweatiest pair of balls on the planet when he lands!

Yeah, and if he survives he will get bj's every day with the sweaty balls story.

[Gardner2]

Hope he packs his own chute. Man what a rush that would be though

[Dawson 1st MRB]

eh, I'd be impressed if it were a bungee jump.

[evo-lution ßÄЯ]

eh, I'd be impressed if it were a bungee jump.

If thats the case im in!!!!

[Jablonski]

I feel like i was the only one who saw redbull stratos and thought,

+ red bull sponsorship

[Penkauskas 1st MRB]

He already did his first test jumps. It's going to be freaking sweet to see him jump, haha.

[Parker 1st MRB]

I feel like i was the only one who saw redbull stratos and thought,

+ red bull sponsorship

I did too! That was probably the best car they ever made and I was really happy when Top Gear did a special on Lancia. They got a really bad reputation but produced some of the best cars.

[Jablonski]

One day I plan to get a lancia stratos kit car. There about 20k though and I don't think that includes and engine and wheels.

Love the lancia delta integrale too

[evo-lution ßÄЯ]

More info on the jump gear pretty neat..

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6g2UrE/www.f...-new-spacesuit/

[Magoo]

Mission aborted.

[Griswold]

Mission aborted.

PROOF!

[Gooderham 1st MRB]

23 Miles worth of high winds my be enough to push him WELL outside a safe landing zone.

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

Just in case you guys haven't heard yet, it is back on; he launched about an hour ago, is already up to 63,000 feet. EEK. live feed

[Bryant 1st MRB]

awesomeness

[Arsenault 1st MRB]

Yeah me and my 5 roomates are watching that right now, all speculating about his chances to survive the sound barrier.

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

infographic about this:

Felix's twitter: https://twitter.com/FelixBaumgart

German feed (just in case )

SO EXCITING

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Any videos of the take off?

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

Any videos of the take off?

They replay it ever so often, but it's close to his stepping-out point, so I doubt they'll go to it now. It was kinda heart-warming, everyone cheered, his mum cried...AWWww.

[Quarterman 1st MRB]

Almost 130,000 feet. Holy fuck

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

get in vent; we're watching it in there!