Yup, the next window of opportunity appears to be on October 14th, after a front blows through the area.

I'm only 90 miles from Roswell, and I was out in the field with my binoculars, eager to see the balloon and capsule as it rose up (the air is very clear out here when there are no storms, and you can see a long way away), only to find out that it was cancelled yesterday.

The local news said that the balloon requires an almost windless atmosphere in order to launch. I'm shaking my head, thinking that they picked the wrong month. They may get lucky after the front comes through and there is a temporary lull before the winds pick up again, but don't be surprised if it gets cancelled a few more times. They should have done this in July.

Imperial units...

Meteorologist Don Day has confirmed that a Thursday launch will not be possible. The next weather window opens on Sunday October 14th at 6:30 AM MDT.

LOL

So I am back, and I raced home because I thought I would miss it.

Well I was wrong


How is everyone doing? I had a busy couple of days, just came home from the gym. Feeling good

Originally posted by FissionSurplus
Yup, the next window of opportunity appears to be on October 14th, after a front blows through the area.

I'm only 90 miles from Roswell, and I was out in the field with my binoculars, eager to see the balloon and capsule as it rose up (the air is very clear out here when there are no storms, and you can see a long way away), only to find out that it was cancelled yesterday.

The local news said that the balloon requires an almost windless atmosphere in order to launch. I'm shaking my head, thinking that they picked the wrong month. They may get lucky after the front comes through and there is a temporary lull before the winds pick up again, but don't be surprised if it gets cancelled a few more times. They should have done this in July.

You should be their weatherman

You live there so you know the weather cycles

Countdown had ended.

Broadcast should start any second now.

edit: And we're live!

I hope it's not delayed this time. It's a lot of waiting.

Especially the 2 hour ascent....

But I guess once he leaves the ground, there is no turning back.

Now they say a launch "could come" at 10AM MDT which is another one and three-fourths hours from now.

They are waiting for high atmospheric winds to die down and won't inflate the balloons until it does.

Edit Update - They are now inflating the balloon. The winds (700 feet up) that have prolonged this departure are calming down.

This is a launch to send Baumgartner to an alien space ship.Top secret He won't come back down

Delayed one more hour.

I'm kinda losing hope on a launch today.

Originally posted by Nyiah
Delayed one more hour.

I'm kinda losing hope on a launch today.

See man they are waiting on the aliens and tricking us lol

Originally posted by Jobeycool

Originally posted by Nyiah
Delayed one more hour.

I'm kinda losing hope on a launch today.

See man they are waiting on the aliens and tricking us lol

Well geez, it's a big galaxy. They probably got lost on the way over.

And I guess the weather hold has been lifted, so this looks like it may in fact be the final delay.