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All going well, Baumgartner will become the first person to break the speed of sound in free-fall. AAP Image/Red Bull

Felix Baumgartner set to skydive through the sound barrier – how?

By Tristan Vanyai

UPDATE: After adverse weather conditions delayed earlier launch attempts, Felix Baumgartner has finally made his historic skydive. Red Bull Stratos reports that Baumgartner climbed to an altitude of over…
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One does not simply jump from a building … extensive preparation is essential. Channel 7/Colby Swandale

BASE jumping from the Rialto: plain stupid or something else entirely?

By Eric Brymer, Queensland University of Technology

Late last week four men entered a restaurant on the 55th floor of the Rialto tower in Melbourne, had a couple of quiet drinks then leapt from the balcony. Much of the commentary of this event described…

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