sky_king Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 The suit is designed to provide protection from temperatures of +100°F to -90°F. I'm pretty sure that's a typo. It's gotta be +100°C to -90°C at least. I mean, my skin is designed to protect me above 100°F. As for Jeremiah Weed, he's just a troll with no imagination or dream of science. John Atanasoff invented the first digital computer (at Iowa State University I might add) in the 1930s. Since then we've gone to the moon. By Jerry Weed's logic, we shouldn't continue to press the limits and find better ways of doing computing. I bet he likes his smart phone though. Either way, what the hell does it matter to Weed? It's not costing him any money and if the dude makes a 10 foot deep hole in the ground, it's not Weed that dies. Stop feeding the troll.
JeremiahWeed Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 On most of these forums, a "troll" is someone posting to create controversy or stir the pot. Not my intent. I profess a non-mainstream point of view and throw in a little sarcasm for fun and the easy route is to throw a label at me. You want differing opinions and frank discussion here or do we need to tow the line? My delivery could have used some improvement, I'll admit. I was having a pretty shitty day. Enough excuses. I apologize for my "trollness".
Buddy Spike Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 On most of these forums, a "troll" is someone posting to create controversy or stir the pot. Not my intent. I profess a non-mainstream point of view and throw in a little sarcasm for fun and the easy route is to throw a label at me. You want differing opinions and frank discussion here or do we need to tow the line? My delivery could have used some improvement, I'll admit. I was having a pretty shitty day. Enough excuses. I apologize for my "trollness". Crew chief stop putting out that day or something?
JeremiahWeed Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Crew chief stop putting out that day or something? Yup - she was OTR.
M2 Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 I wonder what the surface temp of his suit will be at those speeds...100F doesn't seem very confidence inspiring. No shit, around here 100 degrees is what we like to call a "nice spring day!"
SocialD Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 Yup - she was OTR. That's why you always have an ARMS chick on stby...
spaceman Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 It's on live now! He's at 23000ft. They say he should be at altitude in about an hour and a half. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
herkbum Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Watch it live at this link Or on Discovery Channel
Napoleon_Tanerite Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Or on Discovery Channel Thanks. All the live streams aren't working, I would presume due to traffic.
Napoleon_Tanerite Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 He's up through Kittinger's record altitude now. 15k feet to go.
spaceman Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 The balloon is getting huge!!!!!! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
herkbum Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 He has an issue with the heater for his visor. Will he jump or not?
spaceman Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 He better jump, we've all been sitting here for 2 hours! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Kenny Powers Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Looks like someone forgot the "k" in front of the m on the Discovery Channel Broadcast. 115,000 feet does not equal 35.052 meters!
spaceman Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Well in Europe they do their dots and commas opposite of us when it comes to numbers. You'll see when they show the temperature it'll have a comma for the decimal. I keep seeing that too though. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
herkbum Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 He better jump, we've all been sitting here for 2 hours! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Agreed
Kenny Powers Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Well in Europe they do their dots and commas opposite of us when it comes to numbers. You'll see when they show the temperature it'll have a comma for the decimal. I keep seeing that too though. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Ahhh thats right, forgot about that! I guess my European customers and partners I work with everyday spoil us because they always provide data the way I expect to see it! Edited October 14, 2012 by Kenny Powers
spaceman Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Stupid metric system... Well they just decided that he will jump! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
spaceman Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Wife, dog, and I are all on the edge of the couch!!! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
spaceman Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Did they say what the big red button is for on the outside platform? Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
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