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"Skydiver Felix Baumgartner is making his ascent to the edge of space, where he plans to jump into the biggest free fall of all time.
In a capsule hanging from a helium balloon, Baumgartner is working his way to 120,000 feet (about 23 miles) -- more than three times the cruising altitude of the average airliner.
With nothing but a space suit, helmet and parachute, Baumgartner hopes to be the first person to break the sound barrier without the protection of a vehicle.
The thin air at that height provides so little resistance that after just 40 seconds, he is expected to be free falling faster than 690 miles per hour.
"They're going up just great," said a controller on the ground, on a video feed broadcast live. "Right on track.""
So what do you think? "Popsicle", "shredded wheat", "Sizzle" "splat" or "SUCCESS!"?
In a capsule hanging from a helium balloon, Baumgartner is working his way to 120,000 feet (about 23 miles) -- more than three times the cruising altitude of the average airliner.
With nothing but a space suit, helmet and parachute, Baumgartner hopes to be the first person to break the sound barrier without the protection of a vehicle.
The thin air at that height provides so little resistance that after just 40 seconds, he is expected to be free falling faster than 690 miles per hour.
"They're going up just great," said a controller on the ground, on a video feed broadcast live. "Right on track.""
So what do you think? "Popsicle", "shredded wheat", "Sizzle" "splat" or "SUCCESS!"?
