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NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!		2012-10-14 12:59:16 PM

bigpeeler: I'm going to laugh my ass when he jumps and gets caught in the moon's gravitational pull. Didn't even consider that, did you Red Bull?

Unpowered flight to the Moon? Red bull gives you WINGS man!

Vacation Bible School		2012-10-14 12:59:41 PM

bigpeeler: I'm going to laugh my ass when he jumps and gets caught in the moon's gravitational pull. Didn't even consider that, did you Red Bull?

www.biography.com

All part of the plan! A colony begins with one man...

StevieKo		2012-10-14 12:59:55 PM

Felix, ya dummy. Why not put elevator music in the capsule?

jennyz		2012-10-14 01:00:09 PM

That spin is making me nauseous just watching it...

Roook		2012-10-14 01:00:09 PM

IsNoGood		2012-10-14 01:00:12 PM

Evil Mackerel: I wonder if he has a Peter Shilling song stuck in his head?

99 red balloons, more likely

BalugaJoe		2012-10-14 01:00:28 PM

he left the weed wacker on.

NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!		2012-10-14 01:00:51 PM

Quit showing the straight down shots! We get it!

expobill		2012-10-14 01:00:52 PM

Somacandra: Evil Mackerel: I wonder if he has a Peter Shilling song stuck in his head?

That was a far, far better album than most people gave it credit for.

www.baeblemusic.com

StevieKo		2012-10-14 01:01:13 PM

bigpeeler: I'm going to laugh my ass when he jumps and gets caught in the moon's gravitational pull. Didn't even consider that, did you Red Bull?

Yeah, no. Moons gravity is much, much further away. He's nowhere close at all to the moon's gravity

Gosling		2012-10-14 01:01:20 PM

We're at spy plane/weather balloon altitude.

Need Help Soonish		2012-10-14 01:01:41 PM

bobbette: Need Help Soonish: I can see the Balloon from my porch.

Pretty cool day to be in Roswell.

OH SH-

Has anyone verified that Baumgartner isn't Putin? Putin speaks German.

Dude, everyone knows that Putin impersonates Dave Mustaine to get into the US unchecked.... Keep up!

///Just a wig away ;)

SuperSeriousMan		2012-10-14 01:01:45 PM

Sittin' up here watchin' all the lights blink down below
The Earth is turnin', why does it go so slow?
Thinkin' about the girl I left behind
Houston can you hear me or have I lost my mind?
Why me, why me?

DreadnaughtZeta		2012-10-14 01:02:00 PM

Calling it now. He gets stuck in the capsule, falls back in time to wind up in Roswell 1947.

Guess it was a balloon after all.

expobill		2012-10-14 01:02:45 PM

Uranus Megahertz		2012-10-14 01:03:13 PM

DreadnaughtZeta: Calling it now. He gets stuck in the capsule, falls back in time to wind up in Roswell 1947.

Guess it was a balloon after all.

Hoping his next leap will be the leap home.

jennyz		2012-10-14 01:03:16 PM

DreadnaughtZeta: Calling it now. He gets stuck in the capsule, falls back in time to wind up in Roswell 1947.

Guess it was a balloon after all.

Mind. Blown.

smallchange		2012-10-14 01:03:27 PM

Hmmm his mom is a bit of a milf.

TwistedIvory		2012-10-14 01:04:29 PM

I know I'm missing something incredibly obvious, but why are there such strong temperature fluctuations? The outside temperature fell to around -90, and then climbed to -40. What am I missing?

bobbette		2012-10-14 01:04:34 PM

Uh oh, so it's his face mask heater that is farked.

Being able to see is probably pretty key, here...

Ahhh_Ennui		2012-10-14 01:04:42 PM

StevieKo: Felix, ya dummy. Why not put elevator music in the capsule?

Ha.
LA is a great big freeway. Put a hundred down and buy a car...

Micanope		2012-10-14 01:05:05 PM

He probably won't say, "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

naughtyrev		2012-10-14 01:05:15 PM

DreadnaughtZeta: Calling it now. He gets stuck in the capsule, falls back in time to wind up in Roswell 1947.

Guess it was a balloon after all.

Great - 3 weeks from now this will be a movie on SciFi all because you gave them an idea.

bigpeeler		2012-10-14 01:05:21 PM

Evil Mackerel		2012-10-14 01:05:54 PM

whither_apophis		2012-10-14 01:06:05 PM

IsNoGood: Evil Mackerel: I wonder if he has a Peter Shilling song stuck in his head?

99 red balloons, more likely

Major Tom?

expobill		2012-10-14 01:06:06 PM

Mawson of the Antarctic		2012-10-14 01:06:07 PM

Micanope: He probably won't say, "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

more likely

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU U UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

HotIgneous Intruder		2012-10-14 01:06:07 PM

Gosling		2012-10-14 01:06:21 PM

Past 90,000 feet now.

expobill		2012-10-14 01:06:55 PM

wxboy		2012-10-14 01:07:09 PM

Evil Mackerel		2012-10-14 01:07:26 PM

whither_apophis: IsNoGood: Evil Mackerel: I wonder if he has a Peter Shilling song stuck in his head?

99 red balloons, more likely

Major Tom?

I was thinking along the lines of "The Noah Plan".

SenorDan		2012-10-14 01:08:11 PM

StevieKo: bigpeeler: I'm going to laugh my ass when he jumps and gets caught in the moon's gravitational pull. Didn't even consider that, did you Red Bull?

Yeah, no. Moons gravity is much, much further away. He's nowhere close at all to the moon's gravity

WHAT?? Why am I even watching then?

Foaming		2012-10-14 01:08:15 PM

DreadnaughtZeta: Calling it now. He gets stuck in the capsule, falls back in time to wind up in Roswell 1947.

Guess it was a balloon after all.

Sadly his bones didn't time travel with him which is why he looked like an alien.

Ed 'Too Tall' Jones		2012-10-14 01:08:21 PM

I still can't get the Youtube stream to work. I think we can all agree that the only reasonable conclusion here is that the stream was about to expose the fact that this is all being faked on a New Mexico soundstage, whereas the Discovery Channel special effects team is able to work its magic on the video they're putting out. Wheels within wheels, folks.

Scruffinator		2012-10-14 01:08:30 PM

This announcer sucks.

Still better than Joe Buck though.

TwistedIvory		2012-10-14 01:09:31 PM

TwistedIvory: I know I'm missing something incredibly obvious, but why are there such strong temperature fluctuations? The outside temperature fell to around -90, and then climbed to -40. What am I missing?

The explanation: "That's what happens in the stratosphere."

However, they claim that the higher you go, the closer the distance to the sun and therefore the warmer it gets. I just don't buy this. If that were the case, it would be tee-shirt temperature at orbit levels, right?

Evil Mackerel		2012-10-14 01:10:19 PM

Foaming: DreadnaughtZeta: Calling it now. He gets stuck in the capsule, falls back in time to wind up in Roswell 1947.

Guess it was a balloon after all.

Sadly his bones didn't time travel with him which is why he looked like an alien.

Strange, now I'm craving roasted marrow.

r1niceboy		2012-10-14 01:10:29 PM

Scruffinator: This announcer sucks.

Still better than Joe Buck though.

At least this fella doesn't have Dennis Miller accompanying him.

expobill		2012-10-14 01:10:44 PM

Scruffinator: This announcer sucks.

Still better than Joe Buck though.
we are lucky Joe Suck has another gig today

NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!		2012-10-14 01:10:44 PM

Ed 'Too Tall' Jones: I still can't get the Youtube stream to work. I think we can all agree that the only reasonable conclusion here is that the stream was about to expose the fact that this is all being faked on a New Mexico soundstage, whereas the Discovery Channel special effects team is able to work its magic on the video they're putting out. Wheels within wheels, folks.

Streetlight!

Gosling		2012-10-14 01:11:09 PM

TwistedIvory: However, they claim that the higher you go, the closer the distance to the sun and therefore the warmer it gets. I just don't buy this. If that were the case, it would be tee-shirt temperature at orbit levels, right?

Each individual molecule can get hotter, but there are a whole lot less of them.

r1niceboy		2012-10-14 01:11:11 PM

Evil Mackerel: Foaming: DreadnaughtZeta: Calling it now. He gets stuck in the capsule, falls back in time to wind up in Roswell 1947.

Guess it was a balloon after all.

Sadly his bones didn't time travel with him which is why he looked like an alien.

Strange, now I'm craving roasted marrow.

Me too, I love smores!

Marine1		2012-10-14 01:11:16 PM

/love me some 60s Spider-Man

SenorDan		2012-10-14 01:11:24 PM

Scruffinator: This announcer sucks.

Still better than Joe Buck though.

Could you imagine if Gus Johnson had the call on this?

Cormee		2012-10-14 01:11:58 PM

wxboy		2012-10-14 01:12:00 PM

TwistedIvory: TwistedIvory: I know I'm missing something incredibly obvious, but why are there such strong temperature fluctuations? The outside temperature fell to around -90, and then climbed to -40. What am I missing?

The explanation: "That's what happens in the stratosphere."

However, they claim that the higher you go, the closer the distance to the sun and therefore the warmer it gets. I just don't buy this. If that were the case, it would be tee-shirt temperature at orbit levels, right?

It's mostly due to the Ozone in the stratosphere, which absorbs UV pretty well.