Talk about a long way down...

[Azraele]

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Hope the guy doing it isn't scared of heights.

 

[Pastore]

is there oxygen that high?

 

[Azraele]

I'm not sure. Oxygen aside, what is the air temp up there?

 

[zbalat]

The record for highest altitude free fall is 112,000 feet. It was done in the 1960's. I'll try to find a link, but this guy will by no means be the first to break the speed of sound in free fall.

 

[Azraele]

I think the thing for this guy is height. It will be a 130,000 foot drop.

 

[zbalat]

Ok my memory failed me a little here it is I saw the story about this on the Discovery Wings channel. The show reported that he broke the speed of sound and the sonic boom could be heard on the ground. The article says otherwise so I may be wrong. You have to have some serious sack to jump from 130,000 regardless. I hope he makes it.

 

[dabuddha]

whoa that seems pretty cool. I hope they show it on tv