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

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#151  Edited By ShockD

Well that was amazing.

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#152  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

@Phatmac said:

I'm just glad he's alive.

Yeah when he was spinning, I was thinking this can't be good.

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#153  Edited By Rotnac

That was pretty cool too see him land on his feet from space.

does anyone know what happens with that capsule he was in? Does it float away into space or land on top of someone's house/backyard somewhere?

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That was fucking insaaaaane. Glad he's okay, I was really worried when he seemed to be frantically trying to say something and it was incomprehensible.

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#155  Edited By NoobSauceG7

That was absolutely nuts! Very exciting!

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#156  Edited By mnzy

@villainy said:

@mnzy: Speed of sound is 761.2 MPH. On screen showed ~730 I think but you're right. There is no confirmation yet either way.

But that's only on earth, it's not the same everywhere.

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#157  Edited By ShockD
@Rotnac said:

That was pretty cool too see him land on his feet from space.

does anyone know what happens with that capsule he was in? Does it float away into space or land on top of someone's house/backyard somewhere?

It's falling by parachute right now. I just hope it doesn't fall onto the crew.
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#158  Edited By Phatmac

I'm just disappointed that Will Smith didn't welcome him to earf.

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#159  Edited By Marz

dude has balls

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#160  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

That guy doing the mission control is Gabe Newells dad

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#161  Edited By Winternet

Man, he really nailed the landing.

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#162  Edited By trulyalive

How did that guy not curse or anything when he was hanging off that silo? I was sitting here watching it at home and I still kinda gasped "Oh, Fuck That."

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#163  Edited By thedj93
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awesome

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#164  Edited By Solh0und

In the words of Jesse Pinkman: "Yeah,Science!"

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#165  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

I'm gonna go buy a Red Bull now.

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#166  Edited By PillClinton

@thedj93: nice cap ;)

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#167  Edited By 49th

Wow, that was great. Wish we had seen a crazy sonic boom come from that tiny dot as he was falling though, that would have been amazing.

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#168  Edited By Baillie

Mindblowing.

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#169  Edited By Winternet

Apart from the time he was spinning like crazy (that can't be good to anyone's health) I feel like the descent went pretty smooth.

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That was amazing. When the door slid open hooooly crap. Coolest thing I've ever watched on TV.

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#172  Edited By plop1920

I was really nervous when he started spinning and they cut away from him. Glad to see everything went okay, because that shit was crazy!

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#173  Edited By yeahimjordan

That was absolutely brilliant!! Way to go Felix and Red Bull on their accomplishment!!

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#174  Edited By musubi

Is this archived? Been at work all morning.

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#175  Edited By ShockD
@TheSouthernDandy said:

That was amazing. When the door slid open hooooly crap. Coolest thing I've ever watched on TV.

Breathtaking indeed.
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#176  Edited By trulyalive

Guys, did they break Youtube?

I can't access the site at the moment...

Edit: Back up now.

Edit2:Aaaand it's gone again.

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#177  Edited By McShank

@49th said:

Wow, that was great. Wish we had seen a crazy sonic boom come from that tiny dot as he was falling though, that would have been amazing.

Think SuperMan but straight down.

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#178  Edited By ma_rc_01

I saw this thread, opened the stream, and he jumped like 30 seconds after, great timing.

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#179  Edited By PillClinton

@TrulyAlive said:

Guys, did they break Youtube?

I can't access the site at the moment...

Edit: Back up now.

Edit2:Aaaand it's gone again.

I couldn't stream any of it until the very end. Was at least able to see the descent and landing though, but missed the damn jump!

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#180  Edited By zeforgotten

That landing was fucking badass

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#182  Edited By rollingzeppelin

@mnzy said:

@villainy said:

@mnzy: Speed of sound is 761.2 MPH. On screen showed ~730 I think but you're right. There is no confirmation yet either way.

But that's only on earth, it's not the same everywhere.

Yeah, the speed of sound in air is dependent on temperature and pressure, so the colder it is and the lower pressure it is, the lower the sound barrier. In this case it was very cold and very low pressure so he may have broken the sound barrier.

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#183  Edited By Rotnac

Switched it to my local news network and they're saying it's confirmed he did break the sound barrier.

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#184  Edited By laserbolts

Wow that was awesome. That is one ballsy dude.

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#185  Edited By icytower38

That has to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Especially any of the shots of the outside when he was up there.

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#186  Edited By rollingzeppelin

@icytower38 said:

That has to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Especially any of the shots of the outside when he was up there.

When he opened the door I was like HOLY CRAP!

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#187  Edited By icytower38

@RollingZeppelin was watching on my iPad, otherwise I would of screenshot that

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#188  Edited By NathanStack

@icytower38: Totally an aside, but you know you can take screenshots with the iPad, right? Just hit the home button and the lock button at the same time.

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#189  Edited By the8bitNacho

Missed it. Has it been posted anywhere yet?

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#190  Edited By SmilingPig

I don't want to sound alarmist but... I ran a lot of simulations thanks to the Kerbal space program and the odds are not looking good.

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#191  Edited By MrKlorox

Mountain Daylight Time? What an obscure timezone, even if it is "local". Guess I'll have to wait for the repost goddamnit. Or maybe I'll just forget about it and not care.
 
Two minutes later and it's definitely the latter.

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#192  Edited By I_Stay_Puft

@SmilingPig: Did he reach the moon?

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@Quipido said:

How is he gonna land?

He won't.

dun dun dun duuuuuun.

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#194  Edited By PeasantAbuse

It's looking like he didn't actually break the record.

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#195  Edited By Biddy

Who else put Power as background music?

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#196  Edited By ripelivejam

@PeasantAbuse: the record for height? i mean that would be pretty cut or dried if he was as high as he said he was or not.

if he broke the sound barrier or the fastest speed in freefall would probably be debate-able though...

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#197  Edited By Jimbo

He broke the record for being fucking cool. What else matters?

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#198  Edited By Jimbo

@Biddy said:

Who else put Power as background music?

'Lift Off' from Watch The Throne for me.

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#199  Edited By villainy

@PeasantAbuse: He didn't break the record for most time spent in free fall. There are three other records that he did break and it appears he is indeed the first person to break the speed of sound without the assistance of any motors.

This would still have been awesome even if there were no records involved. An incredible feat and I'm glad it was all on video.

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#200  Edited By zeforgotten
@Jimbo said:

@Biddy said:

Who else put Power as background music?

'Lift Off' from Watch The Throne for me.

Tom Petty - Free Falling