I gotta hand it to this guy.  He’s set an impressive goal.  I sorta think he’s nuts, but then again, its something no one has ever done before, and lets face it, he’s gonna fall pretty darn fast.  And if you can do it. . . .why not?

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He will leap head-first from a weather balloon 25 miles above Earth
and plummet at more than 1,000mph with only a parachute for company.

He will face external temperatures of minus 100c while inside
his carbon-fibre suit it will be a stifling 65c – almost 150
fahrenheit.

And most amazing of all, Michel Fournier is actually looking forward to it.

The daredevil Frenchman, a greyhaired 63-year-old former
paratrooper, aims to become the first person to break the sound barrier
in free-fall.”

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After leaping from the balloon, Fournier believes he will break the 760mph sound barrier within 37 seconds.

The lack of friction due to the thinness of the air will mean he can
attain a much higher terminal velocity, and his team of scientists
estimate he will reach the top speed of 1,113mph before he is slowed
down by greater air resistance.

His parachute will not open until six minutes, 25 seconds
after jumping and he will finally reach the Earth after around eight
and a half minutes.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=474879&in_page_id=1811