>> Many have sought to repeat the feat down the decades but all have failed.
Uh... failed HOW? Chickened out before the jump? Technical problems precluded it? Died on the way down? Did the bug-on-windshield thing at the bottom?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Well i have read (in a local European newspaper) that most of them have failed in the past because a lack of funds.
But as far as i know he is now sponsored from Red Bull and Microsoft so i guess money will not be the problem this time ;-)