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Live! Red Bull Stratos Dive
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porschefan
·Cool stuff, hope they accomplish it today.
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dsio
· ·Ash @ ΩFGiven he's 25KM up already, his options regarding accomplishing it or not are somewhat limited lol
One way or the other he's coming down
One way or the other he's coming down
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thanks for the reminder!
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Caviarboy
·I'm watching it right now as well...absolutely nuts. What a view of the earth from up there...I see Zenith is a sponsor...booooo 
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· ·Ash @ ΩFI'm watching it right now as well...absolutely nuts. What a view of the earth from up there...I see Zenith is a sponsor...booooo
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cicindela
· ·Steve @ ΩFI see Zenith is a sponsor...Yeaaaa
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cicindela
· ·Steve @ ΩFAlmost down!
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· ·Ash @ ΩFSpotted 2 Speedmasters in the Mission Control pictures
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ottoman
·I absolutely love watching stuff like that, I watched all of the last space shuttle mission on NASA tv and it was so inspiring!
Well done Felix Baumgartner and to all the Red Bull Stratos team, awsome stuff!
Well done Felix Baumgartner and to all the Red Bull Stratos team, awsome stuff!
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Steve
·Wow, that was one hell of a free fall !. Well done Felix.
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cicindela
· ·Steve @ ΩFThe Controller that went over the check list with him was awful. No standardized protocol replies, just OK, thanks., thank you. yeah, ah huh,etc.,etc.
Replies should have been confirmed with a standard, "Roger, tube disconnected, Roger Oxygen turned off, Roger Hatch confirmed open.
Not like NASA, very amateurish.
Replies should have been confirmed with a standard, "Roger, tube disconnected, Roger Oxygen turned off, Roger Hatch confirmed open.
Not like NASA, very amateurish.
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ulackfocus
·I thought the dude's name was Felix. Who's Roger? 
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cicindela
· ·Steve @ ΩFI thought the dude's name was Felix. Who's Roger?
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LouS
· ·Mrs Nataf's Other SonI see Zenith is a sponsor...Yeaaaa
Oop Zenith! Finally they capitalize on their sponsorship! Zenith has made a series of really odd decisions regarding brand ambassadors, but here they may be on to something.
The backstory is that Zenith launched their Stratos model line waaaay back in 2011 in anticipation of Baumgarter jumping that year, but various legal complications delayed it, so Zenith was stuck with a model line with no rationale for the name. Some awkward shifting of the model ambassadorship followed, to a crusty Colonel Blimp type named John Bashford-Snell or some such, who actually wore a pith helmet, and is apparently famous (or at least known) for driving Land Rovers into various central american swamps. Predictably, that went exactly nowhere. Now at last, Zenith can recoup on the investment....
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· ·Mrs Nataf's Other Sonthat's brilliant!
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· ·Ash @ ΩFThe first watch to break the sound barrier in a near space environment?
Wouldn't the Speedmasters worn on EVA since Gemini IV have done that? Like hundreds of times?
Wouldn't the Speedmasters worn on EVA since Gemini IV have done that? Like hundreds of times?
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MyVintageOmega
·Yup...they are milking the event for what's it worth......you nailed it!