Project Red Bull Stratos involves sending Felix Baumgartner to the stratosphere in a small space capsule, lifted by a helium-filled balloon. At 120,000 feet after three hours of ascending, he’ll jump from his temporary perch and in 35 seconds will hit supersonic speeds and break the sound barrier. The jump is planned for sometime in 2010. Joseph Kettinger II holds the world's free fall record of 80,325 feet made on November 1, 1962. Michel Fournier has been planning the same for some time. His site gives some details of plans for this year...
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