I think that's why they are talking him so much. Keep his mind off the nerves.

Almost halfway!!
Fuck me that's ridiculously high looking at cameras...

Yep would be the best way to do it, talking that is.

Hopefully the helmet heating isnt an too big of an issue.

over 3,000,000 watching now

imagine the g's hell pull when he opens the chute, surely theyve got a way of slowing him to a slow speed.

Wind resistance will slow him as he enters the thicker layers of the atmosphere.

[QUOTE=DukeDrifter;716067]imagine the g's hell pull when he opens the chute, surely theyve got a way of slowing him to a slow speed.[/QUOTE]

Denser air will slow him down considerably that why if they do hit the speed of sound it will have to be in the first min or so.

EDIT:
The commentator just beat me to it if your still listening to the feed. But he needs to slow to less than 172 mph before he can open his main chute, if he doesn't a reserve chute will open automatically

He'll hit the speed of sound within the first 40 seconds.

It's fairly impressive that the stream is running so smooth with so many viewers

[QUOTE=TheDoctor;716071]He'll hit the speed of sound within the first 40 seconds.[/QUOTE]

Yep and they reckon he'll stay there for 20 secs, i wouldn't think he would be able to for that long.