The world’s leading daredevil skydiver, Felix Baumgartner, hopes to break a world record by donning a spacesuit with oxygen, taking a helium balloon to the edge of space, and diving out from 120,000 feet, nearly 23 miles up. He will break the sound barrier in 35 seconds, reach 690mph, and he says he doesn’t plan to deploy his parachute until he’s less than 5,000 feet from the ground.
- If I had did that, my scream would break the sound barrier in 5 seconds and would be the scream heard ‘round the world.