E_SolSi Member of the 20 nut club Moderator VIP Oct 9, 2012 #42 one damn gust of wind and they scrapped the damn mission :tfg:
efhondakid My name is Byron. Oct 9, 2012 #43 Forgot all about this. It explains the national helium shortage.
reikoshea HS Troll...And Mod Moderator VIP Oct 10, 2012 #45 Isn't the by product of hydrogen fusion helium? We just need to go to the sun.
E_SolSi Member of the 20 nut club Moderator VIP Oct 14, 2012 #47 ok looks like this is back on for another attempt here's the live feed link http://www.youtube.com/redbull live feed is up... currently just a bunch of prep work going on live broadcast set to start at 9:45 AM (MDT) Last edited: Oct 14, 2012
ok looks like this is back on for another attempt here's the live feed link http://www.youtube.com/redbull live feed is up... currently just a bunch of prep work going on live broadcast set to start at 9:45 AM (MDT)
E_SolSi Member of the 20 nut club Moderator VIP Oct 14, 2012 #48 upper level winds have calmed down balloon is inflating broadcast still set to start at 9:45 AM (MDT)
upper level winds have calmed down balloon is inflating broadcast still set to start at 9:45 AM (MDT)
E_SolSi Member of the 20 nut club Moderator VIP Oct 14, 2012 #50 balloon is almost full broadcast got pushed forward to 9:25 AM (MDT)
eg6sir Supa Mod VIP Oct 14, 2012 #57 gonna go make some breakfast.. gonna be a minute till he reaches his height goal
E_SolSi Member of the 20 nut club Moderator VIP Oct 14, 2012 #58 lol yeah only about 90,000 more to go... his rate of assent seems to be slowing down a good bit if i remember correctly it is going to take 2.5 - 3 hours to get to the 120,000 ft mark
lol yeah only about 90,000 more to go... his rate of assent seems to be slowing down a good bit if i remember correctly it is going to take 2.5 - 3 hours to get to the 120,000 ft mark