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EDIT: nevermind, seeing him spin but regain control removed my doubt of the difficulty.
People, I've just made this little hack to show the location in a map: Go to http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/ and open the console to run: $("body").append(' ') $("body").append(" ") then (once openlayers.js is loaded), run this: CreateMap = function () { var lat = 33.3405; var lon = -103.7601; var zoom = 14; var fromProjection = new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"); // Transform from WGS 1984 var toProjection =…
Wonderful! Thank you so much. I know it's a bit too much, but there is a way of making a 'route' of the positions?
I am having terrible problems using youtube to view the live stream. I am getting "stops" for about 5-10 seconds constantly. Sometimes I have to refresh the whole youtube page to get it working again. Earlier they said that over 100 sites are streaming the event... does anybody know about the best working site?
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Wonderful! Thank you so much. I know it's a bit too much, but there is a way of making a 'route' of the positions?
Sorry, I just relaxed and just watched the live stream :), I'll see if I can do it before the jump.
At first glance, skydiving from 10k feet and 100k feet seem like they wouldn't be any different. I'm sure there are intricacies that make the jump very difficult, but it seems like you just let gravity do the work, and the chute automatically deploys for you. Can anyone help me understand what the intricacies are? EDIT: nevermind, seeing him spin but regain control removed my doubt of the difficulty.
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You're right, it's an ad at the end of the day. But there are much worse (debatable) products that spend money on really shitty ad campaigns. So this isn't really bad. I personally respect Red Bull for having found a niche (crazy adventure sports of all sorts) and making possible whole careers in these amazing sports. At the end of the day, not a lot of people believe you NEED Red Bull to make this jump, but thousand…
I agree, but then I get worried that the same kids don't understand what sponsorship means, and that they'll assume that drinking Red Bull is what people like this do, and then they'll start up a very unhealthy and addictive habit (drinking lots of Red Bull). Which is pretty bad.
He has a lot of external stuff on his suit I'm worried at Mach 1 it will be torn off.
And he landed! http://i.imgur.com/l8z0k.png
There was some issue with his heat visor, but that was resolved.
Edit: More images I screen-snapped (sorry about the low-quality, I'm sure HQ images will be out soon):
How much bandwidth do 5.4 mio viewers consume? Can someone give me a number?
5.4M * 0.5Mbit/s = ~330 GB/s
