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Felix Baumgartner Prepares for Supersonic Skydive Attempt in New Mexico

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 7, 2012 @04:28AM from the but-what-do-you-do-for-excitement? dept.

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner has tempted fate with quite a few spectacular skydiving feats; now, he is preparing to be the first man to intentionally exceed the speed of sound by jumping from a balloon instead of staying inside a plane or a rocket. The jump is planned for Tuesday over New Mexico. National Geographic lists some of the various (deadly) things that could go wrong.

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Re:the way i see it, this can go by wonkey_monkey · 2012-10-07 06:20 · Score: 3, Funny

It's okay, they'll put a five-second delay in case anything goes wrong. Why, such a thing would be idiot-proof.

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Re:NG, what happened to you by c++0xFF · 2012-10-07 13:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Indeed, reading this kind of nonsense makes my blood boil.
Wait, what?
Re:Is he really breaking "the speed of sound"? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-07 14:57 · Score: 3, Funny

85G? Just put a large bucket at the other end.