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RogermcAllen		2012-10-14 01:12:24 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?

Different particles live at different elevations.

In the places where the particles absorb a lot of radiation (lots of gas and particulates in the troposphere, uv by ozone in the stratosphere, cosmic rays in the thermosphere), it gets warm. If you are in a layer where things aren't absorbed, it gets cold.

SuperSeriousMan		2012-10-14 01:12:51 PM

Cormee: [s16.postimage.org image 684x375]

Sweet! Well played.

DreadnaughtZeta		2012-10-14 01:13:06 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.

Doesn't need that complication really.

You try crash landing from 20 miles up and see how human you look at the end of it.

Need Help Soonish		2012-10-14 01:13:49 PM

Foaming: The balloon has definitely grown in the reduced pressure. Only about the top third was inflated at the lower altitudes.

You can see the diffrence from the ground too... It's amazing how clear it looks!

EatenTheSun		2012-10-14 01:13:53 PM

stiletto_the_wise: Mawson of the Antarctic: Images like this are things that move the inner core of my soul, to see the curve of the earth is a privilege only a few have witnessed personally.

/Galileo and all the others raise their middle fingers in a big Fark You to those who silenced them.

[i.huffpost.com image 570x320]

You're seeing "the curve of the earth" because they are using a wide angle lens

It's like the announcer reading the thread.

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

In a way, isn't Felix Baumgartner doing the greatest, "Hold my beer and watch this..." of all time?

NeoCortex42		2012-10-14 01:14:17 PM

SenorDan: Scruffinator: This announcer sucks.

Still better than Joe Buck though.

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

Or Chris Berman:

"He's going UP! UP! UP! UP!...

(two hours later)

...UP! UP! And he's out of the capsule!"

Evil Mackerel		2012-10-14 01:14:28 PM

People see lots of things when they get high.

bobbette		2012-10-14 01:14:36 PM

"... 230 of the world's leading websites on the internet..."

SHOUT OUT

eas81		2012-10-14 01:14:56 PM

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

Pretty cool day to be in Roswell.

And no pics posted??

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

Evil Mackerel: 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".

or Crash Test Dummies maybe?

Gosling		2012-10-14 01:15:22 PM

So 102,800 is the magic number to set the record. We're only 4,000 feet from that.

HotIgneous Intruder		2012-10-14 01:15:34 PM

Mawson of the Antarctic: In a way, isn't Felix Baumgartner doing the greatest, "Hold my beer and watch this..." of all time?

Yep.

Scruffinator		2012-10-14 01:15:58 PM

He is soooooo high right now.

Wanebo		2012-10-14 01:16:15 PM

Foaming: The balloon has definitely grown in the reduced pressure. Only about the top third was inflated at the lower altitudes.

So has the size of Felix's balls.

Foaming		2012-10-14 01:16:17 PM

100k

geom_00		2012-10-14 01:16:32 PM

"This is higher than Baumgartner has ever been."

HA

Evil Mackerel		2012-10-14 01:16:32 PM

The camera view of the earth below would make a nice screen saver.

BalugaJoe		2012-10-14 01:17:11 PM

r1niceboy: Scruffinator: This announcer sucks.

Still better than Joe Buck though.

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

Fran Tarkanton should be on this.

fustanella		2012-10-14 01:17:44 PM

Past record was in 1960. *salutes Colonel Joe*

walrusonion		2012-10-14 01:17:48 PM

This is some Tony Stark level shiat here.

A Shambling Mound		2012-10-14 01:18:02 PM

The announcer on Discovery sounds like Norm MacDonald to me. Ugh.

expobill		2012-10-14 01:18:45 PM

Gosling		2012-10-14 01:18:48 PM

And we're now into record territory.

BeerBear		2012-10-14 01:18:56 PM

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

oh great now I got that damn pig in my head again

zekeburger		2012-10-14 01:19:10 PM

The size of the balls on this guy: Jupiter and made of adamantium.

wxboy		2012-10-14 01:19:16 PM

expobill		2012-10-14 01:19:28 PM

A Shambling Mound: The announcer on Discovery sounds like Norm MacDonald to me. Ugh.

Im bob dole!

fustanella		2012-10-14 01:19:46 PM

Joe on CAPCOM is all, "yeah, been there."

Popcorn Johnny		2012-10-14 01:19:48 PM

What an awesome view.

Mawson of the Antarctic		2012-10-14 01:19:52 PM

expobill: [www.history.com image 620x412]

Wow. Compared to what they got today, that's like jumping out of a balloon with a raincoat and some duct tape on.

Need Help Soonish		2012-10-14 01:19:53 PM

eas81: Need Help Soonish: I can see the Balloon from my porch.

Pretty cool day to be in Roswell.

And no pics posted??

I snapped a few from my porch... Might make it to my facebook at some point :P

NIXON YOU DOLT!!!!!		2012-10-14 01:19:58 PM

Mawson of the Antarctic: In a way, isn't Felix Baumgartner doing the greatest, "Hold my beer and watch this..." of all time?

Nah, his beer would be skunky by the time he got back down.

BalugaJoe		2012-10-14 01:20:25 PM

He looks like he is reading Fark threads.

HotIgneous Intruder		2012-10-14 01:20:45 PM

Higher now than Kittinger's record altitude.

Scruffinator		2012-10-14 01:21:18 PM

I like how you can hear the lady correcting the announcer.

valar_morghulis		2012-10-14 01:21:44 PM

This is giving me hardcore vertigo.

Evil Mackerel		2012-10-14 01:21:54 PM

BalugaJoe: He looks like he is reading Fark threads.

/waves

Porous Horace		2012-10-14 01:22:22 PM

He should take a whiz out the capsule, set another record.

Foaming		2012-10-14 01:22:31 PM

EatenTheSun		2012-10-14 01:22:34 PM

How much of a danger is drowning in the desert? I'd think rattlesnakes would be a bigger concern. Or maybe landing in the midst of a drug running operation.

zekeburger		2012-10-14 01:23:01 PM

I wonder if he can see his dad from up there.

threadjackistan		2012-10-14 01:23:10 PM

Maybe I missed it, but what is the inviting, candy like, red button for?

SenorDan		2012-10-14 01:23:23 PM

Are all those people in "Mission Control" really necessary or is it just for looks? I'm sure a few of them are actually doing something but in one of the shots it looked like a lady was just watching the broadcast on her monitors.

Wanebo		2012-10-14 01:23:25 PM

BalugaJoe: He looks like he is reading Fark threads.

Hard to fap in a suit like that.

/Just sayin..

BalugaJoe		2012-10-14 01:23:31 PM

It is like a lead balloon.

Evil Mackerel		2012-10-14 01:23:50 PM

Porous Horace: He should take a whiz out the capsule, set another record.

Or drop a chicken and an egg.

fustanella		2012-10-14 01:24:27 PM

threadjackistan: Maybe I missed it, but what is the inviting, candy like, red button for?

Curious about that too. Capsule eject from balloon?

BalugaJoe		2012-10-14 01:24:32 PM

RogermcAllen		2012-10-14 01:24:37 PM

Porous Horace: He should take a whiz out the capsule, set another record.

Considering that they just said the last guy's hand swelled up to twice its normal size because of a glove tear....

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