Problem on a space station? Not enough time to send a rocket? No worries! Just point yourself planet-ward and jump!
Just like jumping from 5 meter height prepares you to jump from 300 meter height.
During re-entry vehicle haves about 100 times more kinetic energy than this parachuter will achieve.
It is pure entertainment.
This is not "the edge of space". This is a lie. There is no definition of "edge of space". We start to call anything above 100 km "space, but this arbitrary set limit. Still there is nothing useful at 100 km. At 300 km there is still significant atmosphere resistance.
Well, these kind of jumps could be fun. I don't know cost of it, but this could establish safety requirements for this extreme entertainment.
Climbing Mt. Everest won't contribute to knowledge of the human kind, but many people still want to do it.
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