Buddhas Hand Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Current Status Team moves forward with launch today. Meteorologist Don Day- "It's going to come down to what it did on Tuesday...those balloon top winds." Preparations are in motion with less than 24 hours to go for launch. Weather forecast calls for calm winds Sunday morning Oct. 14th. Weather update! Meteorologist Don Day says launching a 30 mcf balloon is favorable Oct. 14, but have to watch winds @ 800 feet AGL. Roswell USA Weather at ground level [23:32] MST (GMT -7 Visibility Clear Wind Speed 11.5 km/h 7.2 mph Wind Direction From South East Temperature 19 °C 66 °F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksbiggestfan Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Delayed to 6:30am PST. Time to go back to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 So apparently today is also the 65th Anniversary of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris19 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 It launch time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 No sonic boom? No breaking sound barrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris19 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 He is up in the air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Wow, he isn't half way up yet?! That view is insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
î мцšт вяздк чфµ Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 the balloon is HUGE now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Looks like he's ready to go: Watch live here: He's all suited up and waiting for his suit to pressurize right now. Looks like it's a 'go' for the jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 His legs are hanging out of the capsule in space.....what a feeling this must be for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Wow. I tuned in at the right time. His feet are out the door. Over 7.3M people watching right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 This is history. I'm breathless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Here we go, he's ready to jump.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 He Jumped! Damn! That's high up. I think he yelled "Gorgeous" as he stabilized out of his spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 When he stabilized I threw out a big old "F*** YA". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Parachute deployed.....looks like he'll be ok. Well done Felix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Sounds like they should've invested in a better radio link with the ground... or the old geezer capcom just sucks at his job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 TOUCHDOWN!!!! Pure awesomeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Touchdown. Absolutely amazing what we humans can do! Phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 That was frikkin awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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