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2024-05-06 19:19:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3519D8D803E2E83870A11C695E26AE498C72E064EB5B8C04E0D428D5348F7E1C
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Original Note:
Its not about the "first man in space", but the "first manned flight into space". Gagarin ejected from his capsule & parachuted to earth, a fact that soviet russia tried to hide, as the guidelines specified a pilot land the spacecraft for a mission to count as a spaceflight. https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/04/why-soviet-union-lied-about-yuri.html?m=1#:~:text=Soviet%20engineers%20had%20not%20yet,to%20lie%20during%20press%20conferences https://x.com/EconMaett/status/1787428002000773316
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