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Stratos Supersonic Skydive - Crazy Shit!!

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Straggler
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10-09-2012 12:30 PM

Some crazy dude is going to balloon himself to the edge of space and then use the fact that there is no real atmosphere to attempt a sky-dive that reaches supersonic speed. It’s mental!!!
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Here is a link to the news story Link
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And here is a link to the live feed for those interested: Live Feed Link
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It starts in half an hour (i.e. 17:00GMT on 9th October 2012)
  
Straggler
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10-09-2012 1:13 PM

Make that 17:30 GMT
...My mistake.
  
Straggler
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10-09-2012 1:49 PM 		Reply to: Message 4 by Modulous
10-09-2012 1:43 PM

Re: and then it ends...
With a whimper......
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Boooo
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Straggler
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10-09-2012 2:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Modulous
10-09-2012 1:39 PM

Re: And by starts...
Mod writes:
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They're still on the ground! How long does it take for a balloon to get that high?
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Ahem. 3 hours. Approx. Apparently. Just looked this up.
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I really hadn't thought this at-my-work-pc viewing experience through had I?
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Mrs Straggler would not be amused at me getting home at midnight just so I could watch some dare-devil ascend for three hours and then make a (sub) ten min drop.
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On the plus side - Next time they try I know to ignore the kickk-off and tune in a couple hours later.
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