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Salgar
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53 months
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I think I saw somewhere 2-3 hours, but I could be wrong.
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Isaac Hunt
6,776 posts
80 months
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Countdown is showing 5 minutes - but I can't seem to view the live stream - even with Java enabled 
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Graykiraa
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76 months
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Isaac Hunt
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80 months
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furtive
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148 months
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Johnny
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153 months
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Man-At-Arms
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48 months
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Graykiraa said: 2 hours I think. pah i thought he was jumping at 1330 ! they're not even ready to have him lift off yet, even without a wind typical yanks, never ready on schedule just making us look at the website and get bored and making us click on the adverts !
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Pugster
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50 months
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Isaac Hunt
6,776 posts
80 months
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Man-At-Arms said: pah
i thought he was jumping at 1330 ! Now gone back to 14.00 - but that is GMT - so another 90 minutes or so
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Mandatory Fields
52 posts
9 months
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PD9 said: a remmapped 335d would be quicker imo
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Johnny
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Salgar
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53 months
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jacobpalmer05
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31 months
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Man-At-Arms
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jacobpalmer05 said: Soonest now 5:30PM go on ! jump you daft fool !!
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Johnny
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153 months
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Hmmm. I finish work about 1900, so am hoping I can get home between the launch and the jump!
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Salgar
2,557 posts
53 months
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Actually, after seeing this in the other thread, maybe we should stay right here. Frimley111R said: ADEuk said: 17.30gmt now for launch So an 8pm jump? Bit dark??
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Johnny
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153 months
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Salgar said: Actually, after seeing this in the other thread, maybe we should stay right here. Frimley111R said: ADEuk said: 17.30gmt now for launch So an 8pm jump? Bit dark?? 
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Guvernator
2,758 posts
34 months
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This is amazing, I know it's been done before but still. Just a thought of falling from the edge of space so fast and for so long is thrilling.
A questions though
1) How long do we reckon he will actually be in freefall?
2) I assume he will get up to top speed really quickly but at what point will he start to slow down to terminal velocity?
3) I assume he will be trying to land at a particular place\target. How will he be able to work that out from so high up and since he isn't flying but just falling, how does he "steer" himself onto target if he gets blown off course or something? Maybe it's just me but from so high up, trying to land in a small field or whatever must be reasonably difficult I would imagine!
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Nom de ploom
2,397 posts
43 months
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i'm glad they haven't called the craft Blue Stratos...
80's throwback
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Einion Yrth
10,402 posts
113 months
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Guvernator said: 2) I assume he will get up to top speed really quickly but at what point will he start to slow down to terminal velocity? He will never slow down to terminal velocity, he will accelerate until he reaches terminal velocity which velocity will become lower as the air density increases. [/pedant]
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