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Post #365,240 by Bman 10/15/12 9:14:04 PM Reply	This is cool Relive the Stratos jump in breathtaking Lego form SFW http://news.cnet.com...taking-lego-form/ "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand" Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Post #365,241 by drook 10/15/12 9:17:50 PM Reply	Speaking of the jump ... Anyone seen any details on how far he landed from the launch point? -- Drew
Post #365,243 by Another Scott 10/15/12 9:37:39 PM Reply	AP story. http://www.huffingto...ve_n_1965299.html He activated his parachute as he neared Earth, gently gliding into the desert about 40 miles east of Roswell and landing smoothly. I would have thought there would be some indication in Google Earth of the launch point, but I haven't been able to find it. HTH. Cheers, Scott.
Post #365,244 by drook 10/15/12 9:39:24 PM Reply	That's all I can find, too It's hard to imagine he didn't set a new record for longest horizontal displacement from the jump point. -- Drew
Post #365,248 by Another Scott 10/15/12 10:01:09 PM Reply	Dunno. There are lots of ballon records, etc. One could imagine lots of reasons why the landing point would have been far from the start even without breaking the fall record. The Wikipedia page is pretty good (and one would think it would be updated over time) - http://en.wikipedia..../Red_Bull_Stratos - and has the starting coordinates listed on this page - http://toolserver.or...:US-NM_type:event That's all I've found. Cheers, Scott.
Post #365,254 by scoenye 10/15/12 11:13:26 PM Reply	Jetstream on the way up At some point, the balloon was going east at ~120 mph. Later on it picked up westerly winds at about 20 mph.

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