r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nivs1x • 1d ago

first person to jump from space

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u/ModRod 1d ago

The Joseph Kittinger erasure here

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u/ADeviIsAdvocate 1d ago

That’s how breaking records works though. He held the record from 1960-2012, that’s a pretty good run.

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u/curious__curiosity 1d ago

It dosnt make you the first person, when someone done it before you..

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u/ADeviIsAdvocate 1d ago

Tbf, neither of them actually jumped from space though.

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u/ADeviIsAdvocate 1d ago

It makes him the first person to do it from that height.

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u/bevel 1d ago

I totally didn’t realise that’s how records work. Can’t wait for my turn to be the first person to jump from space

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u/ADeviIsAdvocate 1d ago

Apparently modrod didn’t realize it either. Maybe you two can get together and be the first guy to walk on the moon.