Freefall from 36km height - new world record (LIVE).

You can watch Felix Baumgartner jump from the height of 36,5km live here.
 
I'm actually pretty excited since he'll be breaking a world record set by a military pilot in the 60s. It is estimated that during his freefall from the stratosphere he'll reach the speed of max1 and further.

Oh didn't realise they'd already rescheduled it. Thanks for the heads-up.

They have a bunch of stats/metrics on the main Redbull youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/redbull

Hopefully this gets rolling soon...

It's actually starting now, they are inflating the balloon.

How is he gonna land?

@Quipido said:

How is he gonna land?

err.. with a parachute

@Mister_V said:

@Quipido said:

How is he gonna land?

err.. with a parachute

uh, ok!

This is gonna take forever, guess I'll check back in an hour.

even after the balloon gets off the ground, it's gonna take him two hours to ascend. i'm waiting til he is well in the air to tune in.

Hope the dude doesnt gotta pee half way up. 

@Quipido said:

How is he gonna land?

err.. with a parachute

28km to go. I wonder what's in his head right now.

Well the feed has been broken for the last few minutes here.. That's great.

Yeah i'm watching it, 2 million people watching damn ... if only that number of people would watch a Giantbomb liveshow, now that would be amazing :).

Yeah i'm watching it, 2 million people watching damn ... if only that number of people would watch a Giantbomb liveshow, now that would be amazing :).

SO how much longer would ya'll wager until it happens?

@ZeForgotten: maybe if they limit the chat so that only premium members can chat ? :P

@ZeForgotten said:

@Mister_V said:

@Quipido said:

How is he gonna land?

err.. with a parachute

No no, half-way down he jumps into a lead refrigerator and doesn't die.

Don't be silly, that only works if you're trying to survive a nuclear explosion.

...they're not going to set off a nuke as he lands are they?

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

SO how much longer would ya'll wager until it happens?

A long time. He started at 1130 Eastern, it's a 3 hour ascent. He's currently at 46k feet and the target height is 118k feet.

Lol, it's -63° C outside. Global warming they say.

Looks like he's playing cards againts humanity in there.

Uh oh. No heat in the visor? Awe man, they're gonna cancel it again!

Here is the official site with all the data on speed, temp, etc. of the capsule.

Well, guess this thread was already on (although I did not search General Discussion because, well, it's not really General Discussion material).

Now, how crazy is this? And over 3 million people watching right now.

Here is the official site with all the data on speed, temp, etc. of the capsule.

This guy is going to die, I hope there's a delay to prevent a complete death stream.

Uh oh. No heat in the visor? Awe man, they're gonna cancel it again!

@ShockD said:

@Lego_My_Eggo said:

Here is the official site with all the data on speed, temp, etc. of the capsule.

They should also have ETA of the flight, I hate checking it every 15 minutes.

At least another 45 minutes.

This guy is going to die, I hope there's a delay to prevent a complete death stream.

@ShockD said:

@JerichoBlyth said:

This guy is going to die, I hope there's a delay to prevent a complete death stream.

Why do you think so? He has already jumped twice from big heights and survived the supersonic blast.

I thought the whole point of this one is that it's the first supersonic skydive?

@TooWalrus said:

Uh oh. No heat in the visor? Awe man, they're gonna cancel it again!

So annoying that they cut the conversation when it started to get interesting. I mean, he wasn't or hopefully isn't in serious danger and I would really have liked to hear what they are thinking about the visor problem and if there's anything they could do about it.  Is the stream buffering every second for anyone else?

In the midst of all that technology, dude has to have a small mirror to watch his oxy levels.

@ShockD said:

@JerichoBlyth said:

This guy is going to die, I hope there's a delay to prevent a complete death stream.

Why do you think so? He has already jumped twice from big heights and survived the supersonic blast.

I thought the whole point of this one is that it's the first supersonic skydive?

Say what you will... dude as got balls!

@TrueEnglishGent said:

Say what you will... dude as got balls!

What would anyone say differently? Guy is nuts!

@ZeForgotten said:

@Mister_V said:

@Quipido said:

How is he gonna land?

err.. with a parachute

No no, half-way down he jumps into a lead refrigerator and doesn't die.

Don't be silly, that only works if you're trying to survive a nuclear explosion.

...they're not going to set off a nuke as he lands are they?

This is pretty cool, the stream, is working fine for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excelsior

@JackSukeru: Michael Bay presents...

Man, this is amazing. Hopefully everything goes to plan.

A man is 100,000 feet in the sky, about to jump to earth to break a new world record. At 6am in the morning while streaming it live at 1080p in my bed. Fuck yeah technology!

How high is he going?

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

How high is he going?

"Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more than 50 years. Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and make a record-breaking freefall jump in the attempt to become the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour), while delivering valuable data for medical and scientific advancement."

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

How high is he going?

They're aiming at 120,000 feet, but as the dude said, it's possible it will go a bit higher.

I wish they'd let us listen to mission control, they had one little hitch and cut the feed, haven't put it back up since.

Is it me or does the man talking sound like Matt Kessler.

Anybody want to hazard a guess what the height is going to be? Me, I'm saying 126,732 feet.

123,456 feet it's my educated guess.

I throw out 124,248 feet.