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Testing Mankind's Limits | Space Men
U.S. Air Force aviation doctor, John Paul Stapp, tested the limits of human physiology both on the ground and in near-space. Not satisfied with the accepted belief that 18 G's — or 18 times the pull of gravity — could kill a person, he set out to prove humans could survive acceleration and deceleration at rapid speeds and from dizzying heights.
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