Man parachuting from 120,000 feet Live NOW

[Ernie S.]

Watch the First Human Supersonic Space Jump (Updating Live)

He will go supersonic in free fall.

 

[Ernie S.]

Apparently canceled due to high winds. They couldn't inflate the balloon

 

[CrusaderFrank]

What was the failsafe for when he blacks out from the gforce?

 

[JWBooth]

Aborted

The "live" feed is a joke.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Anything for a buck. Hope he kills himself.

 

[peach174]

Shoot it's been aborted !
Better safe than sorry though.

 

[Ernie S.]

Aborted

The "live" feed is a joke.

It has only recently been aborted. I was watching as the winds came up and tore the tethers loose from the ground crew.

 

[Liability]

1:42PM Oh no. The launch has been cancelled!

-- Watch the First Human Supersonic Space Jump (Updating Live: Launch ABORTED)

 

[JWBooth]

Aborted

The "live" feed is a joke.

It has only recently been aborted. I was watching as the winds came up and tore the tethers loose from the ground crew.

I left and came back during the countdown...
If they'd left the cameras up I guess the abortion would have been anti-climatic.
The site's graphics were running behind, one would think he was up and away while still tethered to the crane.

 

[Sunni Man]

What was the failsafe for when he blacks out from the gforce?

The chutes are set to deploy automatically and in sequence according to his altitude in case he loses consciousness.

 

[Ernie S.]

There wouldn't be a hell of a lot of G force anyway. Increasing atmosphere should slow him down gradually to a fairly normal freefall speed that is experienced by any jumper.

 

[Sunni Man]

The current record holder did pass out on his first high altitude attempt.

And the automatic chute deployment was what saved his life.

 

[Charles_Main]

What was the failsafe for when he blacks out from the gforce?

High Speed Dirt.

 

[whitehall]

I don't know, I'd rather see Robbie Knevel wearing the same protective clothing jumping 40 school buses on a motorcycle.

 

[uscitizen]

That is a lot of money for nuthin.
And the checks for free.

 

[Conservative]

What was the failsafe for when he blacks out from the gforce?

doesn't work that way. he'd be accelerating 'towards' the earth, not pulling against it's gravity.

 

[Conservative]

The current record holder did pass out on his first high altitude attempt.

And the automatic chute deployment was what saved his life.

incorrect.

Joseph Kittinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This was not the world record jump...

Kittinger's first high-altitude jump, from about 76,400 feet (23,300 m) on November 16, 1959, was a near-disaster when an equipment malfunction caused him to lose consciousness.[2] The automatic parachute opener in his equipment saved his life.

this was...

On August 16, 1960, he made the final jump, from the Excelsior III, at 102,800 feet (31,300 m).[2] Towing a small drogue parachute for initial stabilization, he fell for four minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 miles per hour (988 km/h)[4][5] before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet (5,500 m). Pressurization for his right glove malfunctioned during the ascent, and his right hand swelled up to twice its normal size.[6][7] He set historical numbers for highest balloon ascent, highest parachute jump, longest drogue-fall (four minutes), and fastest speed by a human being through the atmosphere.[8] These are still current USAF records, but were not submitted for aerospace world records to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).