sound with his body. now the folks at nasa are watching closely. they say it could help them come up with escape plans for future rocket flights. adam housley has details live in the west coast news hub. this guy is planning something nobody has ever done. >> yeah, shepard. >> you think 96,000 feet is enough. not really. he talks about going 23 miles as you mentioned basically on the edge of space and jumping out. nasa following it very closely once again private industry may be helping the space industry in more recent years. as he goes, he will break, if he does, this the speed of sound, a super sonic speeds, he has to wearing that special custom space suit it will be negative 70 degrees shepard if he attempts that jump as he is planning later this year. >> shepard: he is getting some help from this man who actually set the current record back in 1960, right, adam? >> yeah. joe kit jerry is his name. he is 84 years old. it's amazing what he did if you think about it. 1960, this man was 19 miles