Take a bow son, that was pretty damn impressive! Hats off to Red Bull for making this happen, and have to say the coverage was absolutely superb!

Quote from: Rivkid on October 14, 2012, 19:37:14 PM
Take a bow son, that was pretty damn impressive! Hats off to Red Bull for making this happen, and have to say the coverage was absolutely superb!

I'm glad yours was! Perhaps predictably youtube was buttery smooth until a couple of minutes before the jump 


Still very impressive though

I only saw someone post a link to the feed about 30 mins before the jump. First time I've ever seen anything like it live (always missed space rocket launches etc). It was truly breathtaking to watch, I think I stopped breathing after he jumped and the cameras showed him spinning and it cut to the control room. I wiped a man-tear from my eye when it cut back, showed him stabilise, and then cut to his family though.

I thought I heard him say something about passing out on his descent just after stabilising?

Quote from: zpyder on October 14, 2012, 21:19:09 PM

I thought I heard him say something about passing out on his descent just after stabilising?

Ahh good it wasn't just me then! I was convinced I'd heard him say the same so he must have done. Wow that's scary! Must admit I was clapping and cheering when the chute opened - great moment!

I missed all this, where's the best place to see the replay?

I watched it live here:

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live

they're supposed to be putting up highlights later too....

was a bit worrying at the beginning - he got into a bit of a spin briefly but then recovered from it....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943194