Helium balloon, special suit, personal dream and about 20 million dollars, not to mention balls of steel, this is just so cool!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24821986/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24821986/
It is expected to take Fournier 15 minutes just to come down, screaming through thin air at 932 mph an hour (1,500 kilometers per hour) — 1.7 times the speed of sound — smashing through the sound barrier, shock waves buffeting his body, before finally deploying his chute about 6,000 meters (3.75 miles) above the prairie wheat fields.