Red Bull Stratos Jump.....Possibly the COOLEST thing I will ever watch live!

Good luck mate.

YES!!!

He's alive and that's all that matters!

Unbelievable what the human mind and body can overcome.

And he's safely down with a new record.

I dont know what to say.   Just Incredible. I am speechless.

I've never seen anything like it.

What an absolutely extraordinary feat of excellence and bravery, i am lost for superlatives to describe what i have just witnessed , this has been the most fantastic piece of television i can remember, truely unbelievable.

What an absolutely extraordinary feat of excellence and bravery, i am lost for superlatives to describe what i have just witnessed , this has been the most fantastic piece of television i can remember, truely unbelievable.

Ranks alongside watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon for me mate.  I was only about 9 years old but remember it like yesterday.

Maria ‏@AccioMaria
Hey @GarethBale11, Felix Baumgartner dived from 128,000 feet and still managed to land on both his feet.

 

Maria ‏@AccioMaria
Hey @GarethBale11, Felix Baumgartner dived from 128,000 feet and still managed to land on both his feet.

 

BAZINGA!

BAZINGA!

THE ORIGINAL JUMP IN 1960

Man parachutes from 103, 000 feet using helium balloon in 1960 - Joe Kittinger - Project Excelsior -

That is fantastic!

What an absolutely extraordinary feat of excellence and bravery, i am lost for superlatives to describe what i have just witnessed , this has been the most fantastic piece of television i can remember, truely unbelievable.

Agree 100%.  From the second he stepped off that capsule to that perfect landing, I had a lump in my throat and was sweating from anxiety. I was so glad I watched it and I will remember it forever. I watched it with my Father and he said it was as powerful a moment as Neil Armstrong.

Live press conference now:

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

I would usually be driving my kids back home at that time but made them stay to watch it. I was starting to regret that decision when Felix kept tumbling over and over. They said earlier in the program that if that happened, an emergency parachute would open to stop it but he just kept rolling. I was concerned that he had blacked out. Luckily he only "almost" blacked out and made a prefect landing, casually strolling along the deck. Amazing stuff.

Gutted I missed this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MT1DhcQg0Os#!

Cheers Finchie, missed that live, truly sensational. Was even nervous knowing he made it fine, god knows what he felt like, balls of steel that man!

Cheers Finchie.

Amazing stuff.

Decided to leave my young lad sleep when it occurred to me that Felix might actually go into a spin and die.
Didn't want the kid to see a lad hit the deck at full speed.
When he went into a high speed tumble and there was no sign of the chute I was glad I made the decision.
Looks even worse from the camera on the suit. Glad he came out of it on entering the atmosphere.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2012/oct/15/felix-baumgartner-skydive-lego-video