He's gonna try to break the sound barrier in free fall!

It's live right now.
Live Broadcast | Red Bull Stratos

Man - that's cool - thanks for the post!

But I can't watch it - the globe in the background rotating with the ... well I am getting vertigo watching! :)

It's gonna take about 2 hours to get to the target altitude. Check back in a bit. :)

Sweet - will do. It'll be quite the thing to see!!

Remember that old TV show "Thrill Seekers" ? I don't remember anyone doing anything quite so death defying or elaborate but there are some folks wired to where they get supreme satisfaction out of putting it all on the line. I wish him luck.

Thanks for the linky!

Thanks for the link Wullie!

I was talking to my folks about this earlier and Mom's reponse to the attempt to break the sound barrier was "Well, he's gonna break something..." Optimism radiating down the phone lines from Manitoba!

:)

You can play "where is he going to land" if you have a FB page - Drop Zone | Red Bull Stratos

LOL :)

It's live on Discovery Channel as well, just found it and recording it on DVR

Sadly the Canadian version of Discovery has deemed it more important to show some crappy reality show that appears to consist of a guy fishing for sailfish in the Keys while riding what amounts to an innertube on a sheet of plywood.

:shrug: