Tbh. I didn't give a shit about the jump, not like it will help us complete something.
It'll actually help design future space suits, it also set a new milestone in the sense that in the future we know that an astronaut supplied with a parachute can fall from the edge of earth's orbit to get back on land, in case of emergency, y'know. Slim chance but it could still come in handy some day.
That's how it'll help us in terms of actual space travel, outside of that, this is one of the first space-oriented operations funded by a civilian corporation. Which is actually the key to future space travel, it won't be governments funding these kinds of things, it'll be mostly civilian based sponsors (i.e the first manned trip to mars will probably have sponsors from some non-government based suppliers). Imagine that, a shuttle in five years may have a coca-cola, red bull, nike and god forbid, apple logos printed on the side from sponsorship.
EDIT: Actually, as far as I know there's already a civilian company planning to send men to mars with the thought that they'll establish base and wait there either till they die; or until we have the technology to bring them back.
