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JCC Dude jumping out of a spaceship thing and plummeting to Earth today

Discussion in 'Community' started by jp-30, Oct 8, 2012.

  1. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I do drink caffeinated carbonated beverages, but Red Bull's flavour I can't stand. It smells like vomit to me. So, their marketing team is amazing if they have this much money to burn. Or I have terrible taste.
     
  2. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    No , nothing wrong with your taste, I don't care for it either.
     
  3. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Maybe you have terrible taste too.
     
  4. LAJ_FETT

    LAJ_FETT Tech Admin (2007-2023) - She Held Us Together star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Add me to the non-likers. If I want caffeine I'll go for Mountain Dew or Diet Coke.
     
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  5. Darth_Invidious

    Darth_Invidious Force Ghost star 6

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    Regular Coke or coffee will do just fine for me. I can't recall the last time I ever tasted wretched RB. Hideous stuff.

    Anyhoo, what exactly is that guy jumping out of anyway. No chance hell burn up gloriously in reentry?
     
  6. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Out of a record breaking (height) balloon capsule. I don't think he'll have the speed to burn up.
     
  7. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    I'm also a regular coke guy, even Pepsi is too sweet for my tastes.

    A good graphic of the jump
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    And local (Austrian) coverage has started: Servus TV
     
  8. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    Found a few cool pictures from his jump in Rio
    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
  9. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    Go to bed, jp-30, launch pushed back to 7:30 local time (MDT).
     
  10. Rebel_Padawan

    Rebel_Padawan Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Earliest launch was pushed to 8am (MDT) and now its been pushed back again to 8:30...
     
  11. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    Now pushed back further, to 11:30 MDT. Don't think it's going to happen today. :(
     
  12. LAJ_FETT

    LAJ_FETT Tech Admin (2007-2023) - She Held Us Together star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    If it does the actual flight will probably be after my bedtime as 11:30 MDT is 6:30 PM UK time. Add in the 3 hours til he actually flies and I will be relaxing before bedtime by then.
     
  13. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    Hm. I should still be around then. Luckily I didn't really have to wake up any earlier this morning.
     
  14. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    You're in bed by 9:30? What are you, a farmer?!!!

    Next update is in an hour, hopefully the wind will have did down. Must suck to be Baumgartner, having to wait hours on end after preparing for 5 years.
     
  15. cipe

    cipe Jedi Youngling star 1

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    Seems like a pretty lame record if you don't even have to be awake for it.
     
  16. LAJ_FETT

    LAJ_FETT Tech Admin (2007-2023) - She Held Us Together star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Naw - it's just that I need to relax and wind down before I go to bed, otherwise I have trouble getting to sleep. I normally read for a couple of hours.
     
  17. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Kirk did this in a deleted scene from Star Trek Generations :-B.
     
  18. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    Red Bull and related beverages suck.
     
  19. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    "Space sky dive aborted"
     
  20. LAJ_FETT

    LAJ_FETT Tech Admin (2007-2023) - She Held Us Together star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Just saw that on the BBC News site. The winds were to blame.
     
  21. LAJ_FETT

    LAJ_FETT Tech Admin (2007-2023) - She Held Us Together star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    BBC News article mentions that meteorologists say Thursday might be the next day for a try.
     
  22. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    I was watching a bit live right at the crucial moment, you could see the wind twisting the balloon around, there was no way they could lunch. The balloon apparently hit the ground at one point, raising fears that it may have been damaged, meaning they have to throw it away and use the reserve for the next attempt.

    Next attempt probably Thursday, if it doesn't go then they may push it back to spring, when the weather is generally more favorable. The jump was originally planned to happen in August, but had to be pushed back to October when the capsule was damaged in the second test jump (landed on some rocks). Seems like they#re biggest problem at this point is logistics -- it takes so long (an hour or more) to inflate the balloon that the weather changed by the time they were ready to go.
     
  23. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    To bide the time until they try again, check out his top 5 previous jumps

     
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  24. yankee8255

    yankee8255 Force Ghost star 6

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    They're going to try again Sunday
     
  25. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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