Red Bull Stratos - jump from the edge of space

[TobyM]

Felix Baumgartner has decided to go and it's on now - nutter but I hope he makes it

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

 

[Jeremy Baker]

Watching live. Nutter.

 

[Fuzrat]

my ring is clenching just watching :huh:

 

[Rob Boakes]

Twitching like a rabbits nose!

 

[Fuzrat]

lost the internet feed but BBC news has it

 

[ExSCA]

Bugger this - I'm out of here...

 

[Fuzrat]

that was some unbelievable shizzle

 

[Les53]

He defo has a screw loose! But good on him!

 

[Alan Maughan]

Balls of steel!

 

[Skeet UK]

Balls of steel!

He did have balls of steel, but he changed them out for balls of Uranium as it helped him achieve a higher velocity....

 

[SidesGary]

just watched the show "space dive" about the 4 years leading up to the jump - amazing performance by everyone from the engineers to Felix himself