I’m with Neil Armstrong: You never should take risks just for the sake of taking risks. But I would assume Felix Baumgartner’s derring-do in his spacesuit will aid science in some manner. High winds got the best of Baumgartner over the past 48 hours, so his historic fall from the heavens has been delayed. From Paul Harris in the Guardian:

“Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s attempt to parachute to earth from the edge of space has been postponed for the second day running after gusty winds in New Mexico hampered the launch of the balloon that would take him skywards.

Baumgartner, a 43-year-old former soldier, was aiming to jump from 23 miles above the Earth in a specially pressurised suit, plummetting to the ground at speeds that would break the sound barrier before he triggers his parachute.

The stunt, if successful, would break five world records. Baumgartner would become the first human to ever break the sound barrier in free-fall; make the highest free-fall altitude jump, ride the highest manned balloon flight and longest free-fall and his jump platform is believed to be the largest manned balloon in history.”