jump from 130,000 feet, 25 miles above Earth!

[Mubashar_ali]

He has spent two decades and nearly $20 million in a quest to fly to the upper reaches of the atmosphere with a helium balloon, just so he can jump back to earth again. Now, Michel Fournier says, he is ready at last for his epic jump from alsmo 130,000 feet, 25 miles above Earth!

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/sports/othersports/24jump.html?_r=1&8dpc&oref=slogin

 

[Mubashar_ali]

My first quistion is, IS THIS POSSIBE???

 

[UnitedPak]

At that altitude you can actually see the blackness of space. Takes a lot of guts.