MISSION TO THE EDGE OF SPACE

[lebanon]

The Red Bull Stratos Mission

you could follow the launch live,

Oups it seems that it was just postponed due to gusty winds.

Home | Red Bull Stratos (http://www.redbullstratos.com/)

[Yorkie]

looking forward to seeing this one, amazing what people are willing to do for thrills. :cool:

[Ausfree]

Is this privately financed????? I'm guessing it is, some people have a lot of dollars to play with, I heard the balloon alone is worth $250,000 US and they have more than one.:o

[ramblingboy42]

crikey....I'm amazed as soon as redbull put their name on something people notice. Burt Rutan has poured milions of dollars into his privately funded space programs and has been researching for 20 years. Probably outside of Nasa this man has contributed more to private space travel than any other man on the planet. Fortunately he has a very powerful person backing him now. I believe tickets are now available and space travel in an aircraft designed to carry passengers is not far away.

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[MEANZ06]

Live feed on Y/T. He's almost there.... :eek:

Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space - YouTube

[lebanon]

the jump is being broadcasted right now

[incisor]

he made it back to terrafirma alive!

well done!

[MEANZ06]

Headcam Footage of Felix Baumgartner's jump World Record Red Bull Stratos FULL video + HQ - YouTube

[d3syd]

I wonder how he got the spin under control. Could have been fatal if not stopped.