Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Skydive Attempt 271
First time accepted submitter madcarrots writes "The Red Bull Stratos space jump is about to take place. The balloon is filling up and launch is expected around 10 AM MDT. Check out the live feed of the inflation process... it's beautiful!" After some delays it looks like the jump is finally going to happen. UPDATE: The jump was a success. Baumgartner is on the ground and apparently fine.
Redbull (Score:5, Funny)
Has identified the limits of server capacity.
Yay. Slashdot is up to date and current finally! (Score:5, Funny)
FINALLY... A Slashdot posting that doesn't appear AFTER the event! :-)
Be patient (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yay. Slashdot is up to date and current finally (Score:5, Funny)
If it goes wrong it'll still set a record for the most expensive attempt to dig a hole to China without the use of a shovel.
Re:Famous last word (Score:5, Funny)
For an official record ... (Score:5, Funny)
For it to be an official record, doesn't he need to do it twice, once in each direction?
Re:For an official record ... (Score:4, Funny)
Jumping on the opposite side of Earth would make him fall in the other direction.
Re:Yay. Slashdot is up to date and current finally (Score:5, Funny)
Get back in your kangaroo and piss off. No one cares about your pedantry.
Re:Redbull (Score:5, Funny)
When he was asked to confrim that his pressure suite is inflating he just sat there and didn't respond (nothing to do apparently). Kittinger asked repeatedly and only then after some secondes (20, 30?) he got an answer.
Briefly time became two dimensional.
Re:Yay. Slashdot is up to date and current finally (Score:5, Funny)
... roughly at -34.45221847282653, 75.2783203125
That's roughly? Are you a Vulcan, or positronic?
Re:Yay. Slashdot is up to date and current finally (Score:5, Funny)
"roughly" modified HOW it would place him, not the where.
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