Red Bull Stratos

[skydivr]

ABORTED...

Winds picked up and just about blew the balloon away...lost all the tethers...gonna have to try again tomorrow....

 

[skydivr]

This is what happened 2 years ago. They only have a small window this is costing Red Bull 6+ figures a day....

 

[pashnit]

Makes you wonder with the millions of $$ that Red Bull pumps into projects like this, do they sell that much more Red Bull due to a sponsorship of that level? Or maybe just that much profit in the drink.

 

[skydivr]

Wait, maybe there's still time to send him the Toaster!

 

[skydivr]

Somebody with FB post up on the site" You need the .org toaster" and include URL for the video!

The Toaster Jump 120526 on Vimeo

 

[dadofthree]

 

[05 Busa LE]

Makes you wonder with the millions of $$ that Red Bull pumps into projects like this, do they sell that much more Red Bull due to a sponsorship of that level? Or maybe just that much profit in the drink.

Don't forget that Red Bull owns two Formula 1 teams, and the "primary" team has won the world championship two years in a row. Dietrich Mateschitz, one of the Red Bull founders, is a billionaire.

 

[05 Busa LE]

The Red Bull Stratos website http://www.redbullstratos.com has live coverage of the event, which is now set for Thursday.

 

[lil charlie]

I dunno how this will work, but here is YouTube Live feed (8 minute delay so if something happens...):

[URL="

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vkJ5ItzEq3M#![/URL]

The report unread on MSN said only a 20 second delay

 

[TWT racer]

Makes you wonder with the millions of $$ that Red Bull pumps into projects like this, do they sell that much more Red Bull due to a sponsorship of that level? Or maybe just that much profit in the drink.

Redbull makes WAY WAY too much money, period

 

[skydivr]

He's now having to put off til Sunday because of weather. There is a rapidly shrinking window of opportunity before sponsor pull the plug...

 

[MO-BUSA]

awe man i hope they dont pull the plug, i want to see him do it

 

[chrisjp]

its on and live right now!!! discovery channel...

 

[Turbo-Torch]

Cool, found it on youtube live.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/user/redbull?v=MrIxH6DToXQ[/video]

 

[Taylor]

Getting ready to jump

 

[kromdom]

3 new records: highest manned balloon flight (127,000 + feet), highest freefall (24 miles), broke speed of sound (pending confirmation), MISSED breaking longest free fall jump (set by Kittinger back in 1960)

P.S. Today is also the 65th anniversary of when legendary pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier.