Red Bull doesn't give you brains!

[Gentile]

If they're at Roswell, why don't they use all that secret alien technology to stop the wind?

I don't know if it is Roswell, actually. They said the launch site was in New Mexico, and they also said it was associated with UFOs. But I didn't catch the actual name of the location and the site appears to be down now. They did announce the launch had been aborted until tomorrow, though. You could see the balloon (which had been pretty still) getting blown about like mad.

[Cliphead]

It is Roswell.

[bless 'em all]

Roswell, weather balloon, crash, autopsy.

[chef]

From the red bull site

LAUNCH 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.

[Cliphead]

From the red bull site

They've gotta be cautious. According to the beeb everybody who's previously attempted high altitude or high velocity jumps have died

[EternalOptimist]

They've gotta be cautious. According to the beeb everybody who's previously attempted high altitude or high velocity jumps have died

just had a stoopid image in me head.

If its successfull, will they start doing 'tandem sonic - boom' jumps from 23 miles

[Cliphead]

just had a stoopid image in me head.

If its successfull, will they start doing 'tandem sonic - boom' jumps from 23 miles

Sign me up. Might be the only way I'll get close to space.

The bearded wonder is full of sh!t so far.

[EternalOptimist]

Sign me up. Might be the only way I'll get close to space.

The bearded wonder is full of sh!t so far.

'Branson' ??
it would be dangerous to put a prick near a balloon

[Cliphead]

'Branson' ??
it would be dangerous to put a prick near a balloon

That's why he's doing composites I suppose.

By the way

[VirtualMonkey]

Roswell, weather balloon, crash, autopsy.

Wow..you think he'll really go fast enough to go back in time to 1947 and become the Roswell alien?
That sure would be fine