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> Oh, and in hindsight, do the first spacewalk unmanned? That is one of the incomprehensible things for me about the early pioneers of parachute technology. Wh
by krisoft 2y ago
> Oh, and in hindsight, do the first spacewalk unmanned?
That is one of the incomprehensible things for me about the early pioneers of parachute technology. Why did people throw themselves off from the Eifel tower when they could have tested and perfected the jump with a sack of potatoes or sand?
- mordechai9000 2y ago> Why did people throw themselves off from the Eifel tower Tangential, but I think there was just one incident, and the guy was considered a crackpot even when he was alive. They thought he was going to throw a dummy off, but against all advice he insisted on doing it himself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt