where them on suit cameras!?

10/14/2012 2:11:34 PM

10/14/2012 2:11:42 PM

So he didn't break the free fall record?

10/14/2012 2:11:42 PM

he didnt break the sound barrier. i think he needed to reach 768 mph

10/14/2012 2:12:16 PM

Doesn't look like he's gonna get that one.

10/14/2012 2:12:16 PM

chute opened early

10/14/2012 2:12:39 PM

this guy sucks

we need gene kranz

10/14/2012 2:12:40 PM

A fat American would have got 768. Skinny aussie fails

10/14/2012 2:13:13 PM

so he didn't break the longest free fall record?

10/14/2012 2:13:31 PM

He is Austrian, not an Aussie.

10/14/2012 2:14:12 PM

10/14/2012 2:14:42 PM

Stole this off someone's Twitter:

"A man has ascended to 128,000 feet in a space balloon and the Space Shuttle is parked in front of a noodle shop in Los Angeles."

10/14/2012 2:14:48 PM

Quote :

"so he didn't break the longest free fall record? "

Needed to break 4:30.

10/14/2012 2:14:50 PM

THE WIND IS OUT OF THE EAST FELIX! FUCK!

10/14/2012 2:16:27 PM

i will cop to tearing up a tiny bit at the continual awesomeness of humanity

10/14/2012 2:17:07 PM

Beautiful landing!!

10/14/2012 2:17:21 PM

Anti-climactic

10/14/2012 2:17:25 PM

Do it again Felix!

10/14/2012 2:17:45 PM

nice did anyone catch those two chicks kissing

10/14/2012 2:17:51 PM

That was awesome...wonder how long till his camera footage is released

10/14/2012 2:17:58 PM

More shots of the pigtails girl.

[Edited on October 14, 2012 at 2:18 PM. Reason : .]

10/14/2012 2:18:17 PM

Quote :

"nice did anyone catch those two chicks kissing"

YES!

10/14/2012 2:18:52 PM

"uhh guys let's keep the suit on for a bit..."

10/14/2012 2:18:58 PM

I wish they had done live shots from his cameras.

10/14/2012 2:19:16 PM

He is soooooo getting laid tonight....hell I am straight and I would do him after seeing that jump

10/14/2012 2:20:53 PM

big win for SCIENCE!

10/14/2012 2:21:04 PM

How....he repeated something that was done in the 60's

10/14/2012 2:21:48 PM

This was 100 times more boring than I initially expected.

10/14/2012 2:22:49 PM

you'll thank him when you have to bail out of your space-mobile later in life.

10/14/2012 2:23:16 PM

that was pretty lame to watch... what's the point of him having cameras attached to him if they're not going to show live shots

10/14/2012 2:24:12 PM

Footage for the documentary. It will be on Nat Geo in a couple months.

10/14/2012 2:25:02 PM

did he puke in there?

10/14/2012 2:26:57 PM

Space Mobile. I could live 300 years and there still will not be any space mobiles. Science moves stupid slow. A man walked on the moon July 20, 1969, now we have a man jumping from a balloon and a rover on mars. And we scraped the shuttle and are reverting to 60's soviet bottle cap rocket technology.

10/14/2012 2:28:49 PM

if i were a nerd, maybe i'd be critical of today's mission and call it boring and pointless and shit

but, since i'm anti-nerd, i thought it was the coolest thing ever

10/14/2012 2:37:14 PM

This would have been more exciting if he was wearing a dildo and had to aim for a vagina awaiting his penetration on the ground.

10/14/2012 3:36:46 PM

you have the dumbest, most juvenile sense of humor and understanding of the world and life of anyone I have seen

10/14/2012 3:40:36 PM

Would have been better if dumbsxboy jumped off on a broom with no space suit.

10/14/2012 3:53:31 PM

Quote :

"you have the dumbest, most juvenile sense of humor and understanding of the world and life of anyone I have seen "

Sex talk can never be juvenile. There is a phobia about juveniles and sex in this country.

10/14/2012 4:00:13 PM

ha ha he said "dildo". Git er done!

10/14/2012 4:01:48 PM

Because Larry the Cable Guy is a juvenile, doesn't fill up large audiences, and isn't funny.

10/14/2012 4:06:30 PM

haha... vagina... hahaha

10/14/2012 4:07:43 PM

10/14/2012 4:12:23 PM

you should just jump off a roof and impale yourself on a dildo.

10/14/2012 4:21:16 PM

10/14/2012 4:23:37 PM

Quote :

"he didnt break the sound barrier. i think he needed to reach 768 mph"

That's not what the link says:

Quote :

"BAUMGARTNER REACHED AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 1,342.8 KM/H (MACH 1.24) JUMPING FROM THE STRATOSPHERE, WHICH WHEN CERTIFIED WILL MAKE HIM THE FIRST MAN TO BREAK THE SPEED OF SOUND IN FREEFALL"

That's 834 mph

Confirmed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590

P.S. Speed of sound is just around 672 mph.


[Edited on October 14, 2012 at 6:48 PM. Reason : ]

10/14/2012 6:43:32 PM

Hi.

The speed of sound is not a constant.

Thanks.

10/14/2012 6:50:54 PM

ITT the density of an ideal gas is independent of pressure

10/14/2012 6:56:44 PM

yeah i know, thanks.

i meant the speed of sound at the altitude where he broke the speed of sound, is around 670 mph.

yes, on land at around room temp it is 768 mph.

10/14/2012 6:57:48 PM

^^^ True but it doesn't matter 834 mph is faster than the speed of sound at sea level or high altitude

[Edited on October 14, 2012 at 6:58 PM. Reason : .]

10/14/2012 6:58:08 PM

Sorry. That was not in reference to anyone's particular post.

Just sayin', all these number flying around. Remember, the speed of sound is dependent on the medium it is traveling through.

10/14/2012 7:00:18 PM