faaaaarkin 'ell 1000mph in 10 seconds, and the 1st second looks almost stationary as it gets the bulk moving
What sort of G are they pulling Debs?
Early Apollo astronauts were subjected to launch and re-entry forces of up to +6 g or more; however, due to careful co-ordination of the firing of the main liquid fuelled engine and the solid-rocket boosters and the fact that the vehicle performs some clever 'attitude rolls' to control sudden g-forces whilst in it`s ballistic trajectory the g-forces experienced in the space shuttle are only a little-more than +3 g which is mostly experienced on and shortly after lift-off......the post launch acceleration phase is kept quite smooth. (as 'people' tend to be quite fragile).
Astronauts still wear g-suits that prevent their blood pooling too much under flight g-forces.
I was lucky enough to fly in the back seat of a Grumman A-10 (
Warthog) some years ago; sorry to say I passed-out on the first +5 g turn after take off....being tall and thin I`m not a good shape for high g. (even in a G-suit)
I was indeed
'sick on the dog' upon landing too!....
I`m sticking to my own little
homebuilt `plane now.
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