Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Mission Aborted



Today, the launch of the Red Bull Stratos capsule had to be stopped at 11:42 a.m. local time in Roswell, New Mexico just before Felix Baumgartner's giant 30 million cubic foot balloon had been fully inflated and made ready for take off. From early morning the team postponed the launch due to strong winds at 700 feet - the balloon's top - waiting for the right weather window to open. The launch was scheduled for 11:40 a.m., the balloon inflation had begun, and then gusty winds picked up and made a launch impossible.

4 comments:

D.I. Felipe González said...

That jump will be a landmark in the age of Cool.

Kal said...

The animated footage looks very cool. I hope the real thing lives up to the hype. I want some really cool footage. High altitude parachuting is how they picked women for the Russian space program back in the day. I have jumped twice but nothing like this maniac.

M. D. Jackson said...

Not to belittle the achievement, but Kirk wouldn't have scrubbed just because of a little wind.

Kal said...

Kirk would have also had Spock build him a less flimsy balloon.