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Skydiver aims to break sound barrier, not neck, in highest, fastest free fall ever attempted

Posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 9:21 by John Sinteur in category: News -- Write a comment

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Next Monday over New Mexico, he will attempt the highest, fastest free fall in history and try to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.

“So many unknowns,” Baumgartner says, “but we have solutions to survive.

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