For the last 52 years, the equipment from Joe Kittinger's mission had been the reference point.

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Baumgartner's feats bettered the marks set 50 years previously by Joe Kittinger.

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"This is very serious, Joe, " he told retired US Air Force Col Joe Kittinger, whose records he was attempting to break, and who was acting as his radio link in mission control at Roswell airport.

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