Forget sky diving, space divings where its at...

[Mat]

"A group of space scientists who aren't actually insane aim to give it a try by 2009, jumping from 120,000 feet in a specially designed space suit"

http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2007/06/26/diving_from_spa.html

More here I think:

http://www.stratoquest.com/mission1.html

Looks like Joseph W. Kittingers record is in jeopardy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81gn2oLeC_U

These people are a breed above if you ask me. Takes balls of steel to do that.

 

[Mat]

Is there a certain height above which it all just seems "high"? Obviously there is a massive difference between jumping off a chair and jumping off a house and similarly a massive difference between jumping off a house and jumping out of a plane, but at what height are you just "high" and any increase in height doesnt seem to make much difference anymore?