Fearless Felix will attempt jump from 23 miles

[GILSAN]

Austrian Felix Baumgartner, will leap from an aircraft on the edge of space, 23 miles above New Mexico, in a pressurised suit with a parachute, in an attempt to jump higher and faster in a free fall than anyone ever before.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...y-break-sound-barrier-free-falling-space.html

I think he is nuts, but I do wish him the best of luck and a safe return to earth! :tu:

 

[SK1990]

Sounds interesting.

 

[HostMantis]

Since his astronaut wife Laurel was killed in 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas, the former Nasa flight surgeon has devoted his career to working to improve astronauts’ chances of surviving a similar high-altitude disaster.

I can respect that. Still nuts though!