Annoying stuff. not things that piss you off, just annoyi...
- islander - Jul 2, 2025 - 9:23pm
Wordle - daily game
- geoff_morphini - Jul 2, 2025 - 8:48pm
Israel
- R_P - Jul 2, 2025 - 8:22pm
Trump
- Red_Dragon - Jul 2, 2025 - 5:35pm
Trump Lies™
- R_P - Jul 2, 2025 - 5:01pm
Country Up The Bumpkin
- buddy - Jul 2, 2025 - 4:06pm
July 2025 Photo Theme - Stone
- KurtfromLaQuinta - Jul 2, 2025 - 3:42pm
Best Song Comments.
- ScottFromWyoming - Jul 2, 2025 - 3:41pm
NY Times Strands
- maryte - Jul 2, 2025 - 3:37pm
NYTimes Connections
- maryte - Jul 2, 2025 - 3:28pm
Outstanding Covers
- NoEnzLefttoSplit - Jul 2, 2025 - 2:38pm
Protest Songs
- R_P - Jul 2, 2025 - 2:20pm
Name My Band
- oldviolin - Jul 2, 2025 - 2:11pm
Bug Reports & Feature Requests
- bobrk - Jul 2, 2025 - 1:16pm
Democratic Party
- NoEnzLefttoSplit - Jul 2, 2025 - 1:04pm
Fox Spews
- islander - Jul 2, 2025 - 10:39am
Immigration
- R_P - Jul 2, 2025 - 10:29am
Republican Party
- ColdMiser - Jul 2, 2025 - 8:14am
Music Videos
- black321 - Jul 2, 2025 - 8:02am
Today in History
- Red_Dragon - Jul 2, 2025 - 7:59am
Economix
- rgio - Jul 2, 2025 - 7:37am
New Music
- ScottFromWyoming - Jul 2, 2025 - 7:30am
Radio Paradise Comments
- GeneP59 - Jul 2, 2025 - 6:59am
Mixtape Culture Club
- KurtfromLaQuinta - Jul 1, 2025 - 8:34pm
Carmen to Stones
- KurtfromLaQuinta - Jul 1, 2025 - 7:44pm
The Obituary Page
- sunybuny - Jul 1, 2025 - 7:03pm
Climate Change
- R_P - Jul 1, 2025 - 5:27pm
Baseball, anyone?
- rgio - Jul 1, 2025 - 11:06am
Artificial Intelligence
- drucev - Jul 1, 2025 - 8:58am
President(s) Musk/Trump
- VV - Jul 1, 2025 - 8:10am
June 2025 Photo Theme - Arches
- Alchemist - Jun 30, 2025 - 9:10pm
Please help me find this song
- LazyEmergency - Jun 30, 2025 - 8:42pm
Forum Posting Guidelines
- rickylee123 - Jun 30, 2025 - 6:17pm
Thanks William!
- buddy - Jun 30, 2025 - 5:49pm
USA! USA! USA!
- buddy - Jun 30, 2025 - 4:50pm
Living in America
- R_P - Jun 30, 2025 - 3:15pm
M.A.G.A.
- R_P - Jun 30, 2025 - 12:50pm
Gardeners Corner
- marko86 - Jun 30, 2025 - 10:39am
Comics!
- Red_Dragon - Jun 30, 2025 - 7:59am
Birthday wishes
- Coaxial - Jun 30, 2025 - 6:36am
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum
- VV - Jun 30, 2025 - 5:39am
Global Mix renaming
- frazettaart - Jun 29, 2025 - 9:23am
Iran
- R_P - Jun 28, 2025 - 8:56pm
Live Music
- Steely_D - Jun 28, 2025 - 6:53pm
What Are You Going To Do Today?
- ScottFromWyoming - Jun 28, 2025 - 10:17am
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •
- oldviolin - Jun 28, 2025 - 9:52am
Musky Mythology
- R_P - Jun 27, 2025 - 3:00pm
Know your memes
- oldviolin - Jun 27, 2025 - 11:41am
What Makes You Sad?
- oldviolin - Jun 27, 2025 - 10:41am
Calling all Monty Python fans!
- FeydBaron - Jun 27, 2025 - 10:30am
Strips, cartoons, illustrations
- R_P - Jun 27, 2025 - 10:23am
SCOTUS
- Red_Dragon - Jun 27, 2025 - 8:30am
Framed - movie guessing game
- Proclivities - Jun 27, 2025 - 6:25am
Yummy Snack
- Proclivities - Jun 26, 2025 - 1:17pm
Parents and Children
- kurtster - Jun 26, 2025 - 11:32am
What Makes You Laugh?
- NoEnzLefttoSplit - Jun 25, 2025 - 9:36pm
PUNS- Political Punditry and so-called journalism
- oldviolin - Jun 25, 2025 - 12:06pm
Lyrics that strike a chord today...
- black321 - Jun 25, 2025 - 11:30am
What The Hell Buddy?
- oldviolin - Jun 25, 2025 - 10:32am
Astronomy!
- black321 - Jun 25, 2025 - 8:58am
The Grateful Dead
- black321 - Jun 25, 2025 - 7:13am
Billionaires
- R_P - Jun 24, 2025 - 4:57pm
Great guitar faces
- Steely_D - Jun 24, 2025 - 4:15pm
Buying a Cell Phone
- Steely_D - Jun 24, 2025 - 3:05pm
Anti-War
- R_P - Jun 24, 2025 - 12:57pm
Photography Forum - Your Own Photos
- Alchemist - Jun 24, 2025 - 10:40am
RIP Mick Ralphs
- geoff_morphini - Jun 23, 2025 - 10:40pm
Congress
- maryte - Jun 23, 2025 - 1:39pm
Europe
- R_P - Jun 23, 2025 - 11:30am
the Todd Rundgren topic
- ColdMiser - Jun 23, 2025 - 7:58am
What are you doing RIGHT NOW?
- GeneP59 - Jun 21, 2025 - 6:14pm
Rock & Roll Facts
- Coaxial - Jun 21, 2025 - 6:10pm
Poetry Forum
- SeriousLee - Jun 21, 2025 - 5:20pm
And the good news is....
- Red_Dragon - Jun 21, 2025 - 3:39pm
Gaje Gipsy Swing
- bartanandor - Jun 21, 2025 - 10:53am
|
Index »
Radio Paradise/General »
General Discussion »
NASA & other news from space
|
Page: Previous 1, 2, 3 ... 29, 30, 31 ... 37, 38, 39 Next |
Zep

Location: Funkytown 
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 12:05pm |
|
ScottFromWyoming wrote:That was actually in the 70k range... so go a little higher. Really? Wow ... I think the camera has a fisheye lens on it so that kind of distorts the horizon a bit. 70K is just above Concorde and SST and the sky does look that deep blue. So at 100 it's probably almost black.
|
|
ScottFromWyoming

Location: Powell Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:57am |
|
Zep wrote:This is what it looks like from that high up: That was actually in the 70k range... so go a little higher.
|
|
Zep

Location: Funkytown 
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:55am |
|
This is what it looks like from that high up:
|
|
jagdriver

Location: Now in Lobster Land Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:24am |
|
sirdroseph wrote:Well at least we hope not. 
|
|
sirdroseph

Location: Not here, I tell you wat Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:24am |
|
bokey wrote: He's jumping from 120,000 feet.An Air Force guy jumped from 102,000 in 1960.It would be cool to watch,but nothing groundbreaking.
Well at least we hope not.
|
|
hobiejoe

Location: Still in the tunnel, looking for the light. Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:22am |
|
bokey wrote: He's jumping from 120,000 feet.An Air Force guy jumped from 102,000 in 1960.It would be cool to watch,but nothing groundbreaking.
Well, not literally, I hope.
|
|
Proclivities

Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:21am |
|
jagdriver wrote: Check out the website. This appears to be very well thought out, and Felix has already made to practice jumps from impressive heights.
Yes, it looks well-planned; I hope he's able to carry it off and not have it go sour.
|
|
bokey

Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:13am |
|
jagdriver wrote: Check out the website. This appears to be very well thought out, and Felix has already made to practice jumps from impressive heights.
He's jumping from 120, 000 feet. An Air Force guy jumped from 102, 000 in 1960. It would be cool to watch, but nothing groundbreaking.
|
|
jagdriver

Location: Now in Lobster Land Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 11:11am |
|
Proclivities wrote: Check out the website. This appears to be very well thought out, and Felix has already made to practice jumps from impressive heights.
|
|
Proclivities

Location: Paris of the Piedmont Gender:  
|
|
Red_Dragon

Location: Gilead 
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:49am |
|
doh.
|
|
Antigone

Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:43am |
|
2cats wrote: Gusty winds are knocking the inflating balloon all over the place.
|
|
bokey

Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:43am |
|
Just aborted due to wind.
|
|
bokey

Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:41am |
|
miamizsun wrote: at work
what station is carrying this? and is it live?
like can see the balloon filling up and going into the wild blue yonder?
thx
Also live on youtube here
|
|
jagdriver

Location: Now in Lobster Land Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:38am |
|
2cats wrote: Balloon = 1/10th thickness of a Ziploc bag, yet weighs 3,000 lbs. and would take up to an acre if laid out flat. EDIT: GO FELIX!
|
|
2cats

Location: Oklahoma Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:37am |
|
miamizsun wrote: at work
what station is carrying this? and is it live?
like can see the balloon filling up and going into the wild blue yonder?
thx
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
|
|
miamizsun

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP) Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:35am |
|
bokey wrote: He's in the capsule,skies are blue,they haven't inflated the balloon yet.
at work what station is carrying this? and is it live? like can see the balloon filling up and going into the wild blue yonder? thx
|
|
bokey

Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:30am |
|
miamizsun wrote: wha?
something go haywire?
He's in the capsule, skies are blue, they haven't inflated the balloon yet.
|
|
miamizsun

Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP) Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:28am |
|
Coaxial wrote:No he's not. wha? something go haywire?
|
|
Coaxial

Location: Comfortably numb in So Texas Gender:  
|
Posted:
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:24am |
|
miamizsun wrote:No he's not.
|
|
|