Regardless, all these complex measures had the same psychological purpose: to reassure people that the free fall would stop and, thereby, curb the fear that would perpetuate a free fall.

无论如何，所有这些复杂的措施都有相同的心理目的：让人们相信自由落体运动将会停止，从而抑制人们对自由落体运动持续下去的恐惧。