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JohnDClay , to til in TIL Yuri Gagarin returned to Earth during his historic first manned spaceflight by ejecting 6 km from the ground and parachuting down by himself.

But that was as it was designed, right? I see no problem with that.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Yes, as it was designed. It’s not a problem, it’s incredible. Think of the bravery it took!

GreyEyedGhost ,

While I get that it’s not a small feat, and an unusual finale for space flight, this isn’t much higher than some skydiving packages you can book today. Still pretty ballsy for back then.

Revan343 ,

an unusual finale for space flight

I mean at the time, it was the typical finale for a manned space flight

satanmat , to til in TIL Yuri Gagarin returned to Earth during his historic first manned spaceflight by ejecting 6 km from the ground and parachuting down by himself.

This seems like the most Soviet thing ever.

We don’t have a good reëntry vehicle, so let’s have them eject. We KNOW personal parachutes work. So yeah that cool right Yuri?

BackOnMyBS ,
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We don’t have a good reëntry vehicle, so let’s have them eject. We KNOW personal parachutes work. So yeah that cool right Yuri?

The nonexistent previous reentry vehicle didn’t not fail and kill the previous first cosmonaut, so we didn’t fix any issues and are now fairly certain that you will be fine 😉👌

Wiggums , to til in TIL Yuri Gagarin returned to Earth during his historic first manned spaceflight by ejecting 6 km from the ground and parachuting down by himself.

amazing the parachute was able to deliver him safely on account of the size of his balls

broton33 ,

Must have been a big harness 😂

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Think of how much rocket fuel they needed to lift those balls into space in the first place.

You think the Saturn V was big?

SkunkWorkz ,

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drolex , to til in TIL Yuri Gagarin returned to Earth during his historic first manned spaceflight by ejecting 6 km from the ground and parachuting down by himself.

Astronauts now: we need ice cream, stat! These space travels are very uncomfortable.

Cosmonauts then: I will jump through the atmosphere with this glorified handkerchief to slow me down

(Me in my armchair, also now: all these guys are such losers. I could do all that any day. But not today, maybe later though)

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