He is depressurizing the capsule now. 128,000 feet. He seems to be bobbing up and downs few thousand feet. I kinda wonder what would they do if the balloon popped while he's working on this checklist. Dan -- Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors. On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
Nope, I'm watching the live feed right now. He's a few steps into the checklist that he will use to jump. He's at 124,000', but the balloon has slowed greatly--it may not make it much higher.
I take that back--they just reported that he's still going at 1,000 ft/min. But they are starting to vent helium from the top of the balloon.
Dan
On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dan, one site says it has been aborted but I don't know if it's from today. What does your site say? Thanks, Joe
________________________________ From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Balloon launch is go!
He is now officially the highest anyone's made it in a balloon. 1st record down, 3 more to go. Still having issues with the face heater.
He's at 114,600'. I hope nobody's minding me sending out these emails....
Dan
On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:20 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
And now he's passed Kittinger's jump height.
Dan
On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
93,000. Still troubleshooting the issue with the face visor heater. 0.05 psi outside the capsule. He's a bit less than 10,000 feet from Kittenger's jump height. Still ascending at 1,000 ft/min.
Dan
On Oct 14, 2012, at 10:34 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
63,000 feet, but he is reporting a problem with his faceshield heater. Don't know what that means right now for the mission. It's over 100 degrees below zero outside the capsule, and he has passed the Armstrong line.
Dan
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On Oct 14, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
He is already over 22,000 feet. Ascending at a little over 1,000 ft a minute.
Dan
-- Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors.
On Oct 14, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
> So far, so good. Had a couple of holds due to high wind at the top of the balloon, but they are inflating it now. > > http://m.gizmodo.com/5951563/first-human-supersonic-space-jump-live-coverage > > Dan > > -- > Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors. > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > > Send messages to the list to > Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com > > The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club.. > > To unsubscribe go to: > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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