The countdown has begun for Felix Baumgartner's epic jump from the edge of space!

The Discovery channel is broadcasting live.For anyone interested that cant stream.

stream working fine here... but the camera feed from the actual pod does cut out now and again.

NO heat, silence

1080p selected and it's fine for me..

but come on, really? ... 2,342 dislikes

Who dislikes this?

Yeah, classic how the feed went silent when he spoke about heating issues for his face/helmet.

The coverage had been bang on until that question.

Originally posted by JamesGC
Yeah, classic how the feed went silent when he spoke about heating issues for his face/helmet.

The coverage had been bang on until that question.

Yeah that was rather strange..

The Armstrong line does not sound very pleasant at all...

At or above the Armstrong limit, exposed bodily liquids such as saliva, tears, and the liquids wetting the alveoli within the lungs—but not vascular blood (blood within the circulatory system)—will boil away without a pressure suit and no amount of breathable oxygen delivered by any means will sustain life for more than a few minutes.[3] The NASA technical report Rapid (Explosive) Decompression Emergencies in Pressure-Suited Subjects, which discusses the brief accidental exposure of a human to near vacuum notes the likely result of exposure to pressure below that associated with the Armstrong limit: "The subject later reported that ... his last conscious memory was of the water on his tongue beginning to boil."[4]

Armstrong line Wiki

No way it's anything major. The last thing they wanted was idiots to make something out of nothing (on social media, or the feed), which is probably why the feed from control went silent and is now on the commentator.

Don't give doom bringers anything to grasp.

It's like 3:30am here. So much for being awake when the sun comes up.

Isnt there a short broadcast delay?In case something goes wrong?This is exciting!

having some kind of heat issue? Helmet fogging on exhale, did they fix it?


outside temp -80 degrees, jeeez!

i don't think i've heard from control since. But they did she a shot if Felix talking, followed by his mother smiling.

They have mentioned the armstong line a few times. How blood would boil etc. Not nice.

For all you scence/tech people;

He is now at 67.000 feet but when you factor in the windchill, it's just like 200 miles up which is 3 times farther than the moon.

Just trying to keep it technical.

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I heard that, I was wondering why, because you could clearly hear that there was a malfunction.

Obvious silence was obvious.

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This is gonna get scrubbed if the visor heater has failed.

Originally posted by sevensheeps
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I heard that, I was wondering why, because you could clearly hear that there was a malfunction.

Obvious silence was obvious.

Yeah not sure what that was all about.

Originally posted by beezzer
For all you scence/tech people;

He is now at 67.000 feet but when you factor in the windchill, it's just like 200 miles up which is 3 times farther than the moon.

Just trying to keep it technical.

Maybe I am just slow today, but what do you mean, "3 times farther than the moon?"

Originally posted by phantomjack
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This is gonna get scrubbed if the visor heater has failed.

Yeah thats what I was expecting next, apparently we are listening to the host while control is troubleshooting, dunno

Originally posted by phantomjack

Originally posted by beezzer
For all you scence/tech people;

He is now at 67.000 feet but when you factor in the windchill, it's just like 200 miles up which is 3 times farther than the moon.

Just trying to keep it technical.

Maybe I am just slow today, but what do you mean, "3 times farther than the moon?"

Just being silly. I got bored waiting.

Originally posted by beezzer
For all you scence/tech people;

He is now at 67.000 feet but when you factor in the windchill, it's just like 200 miles up which is 3 times farther than the moon.

Just trying to keep it technical.

Huh? You are saying the moon is 66 miles from the Earth?

Using a mirror just like Apollo missions, wonder if things are written backwards like the old days.