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Pilot Tests Pressures of Space Flight on Man
A NASA era experimental test at USC measures human response to high G forces in a centrifuge. Pilot Al Blackburn endures up to 8 Gs as his body is pressed toward the cockpit, simulating rocket launch stresses to help set health insurance and safety standards for early spaceflight.
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