Felix Baumgartner Prepares for Supersonic Skydive Attempt in New Mexico

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.

Re:the way i see it, this can go

[wonkey_monkey]

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

Re:NG, what happened to you

[c++0xFF]

Indeed, reading this kind of nonsense makes my blood boil.

Wait, what?

Re:Is he really breaking "the speed of sound"?

[Anonymous Coward]

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