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What protection against Gagarin's insanity did the spacecraft engineers provide?

At the beginning of the era of astronautics, no one could imagine how being in space would affect human health, in particular, whether he would go crazy. Therefore, to transfer the ship from automatic to manual control mode, protection was provided with the input of a special digital code, which was in a sealed envelope. It was assumed that in a state of insanity, Gagarin would not be able to open the envelope and understand the code. True, just before the start of the flight, he was still told the code.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Bulls, donkeys, buffaloes, horses, camels were used by ancient man in various parts of the world for transportation. This suited man for thousands of years, and then he wanted to find a way so that animals could carry more cargo.

Sledges and carts were invented to harness animals. Sledges and sledges with runners ran well in the snow, but were completely unsuitable on the ground.

Man invented the rolling cart. They consisted of pieces of logs instead of wheels placed under a cart or platform. When the cart was pulled, the logs rolled under it. This made the job easier than simply dragging the platform along the ground. She rolled over the logs, leaving them behind her. These logs were collected and placed again in front of the front end of the platform. And everything repeated again.

One day someone thought of cutting a log and making a hole in its center. This is how the wheel appeared - one of the greatest inventions of man. Then two wheels were connected with an axle, and the axle was attached to the platform. A rough cart appeared. Massive wooden wheels were heavy and clumsy, and they wore out quickly.

For thousands of years, man has perfected the wheel. By constructing it from separate hubs, bushings, rims and spokes, he was able to make it lighter and more efficient. Man made rims and tires out of copper or iron so that they could last longer. Finally learned how to make rubber tires.

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