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Space jump aborted due to gusty winds

Felix Baumgartner's attempt to jump out a space capsule from the edge of space had to be aborted at the last minute due to wind gusts that made it impossible to safely inflate the 30 million cubic feet / 834,497 cubic meters balloon for the launch. Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team had waited for five hours in vain for the winds to calm down. New target launch: 6AM MDT/12PM GMT Sunday October 14th

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