02-21-2007, 04:06 AM
[quote Carm]BGnR, the article also mentions that it is comparible to a regular car crashing at 50mph into a brick wall.
As the sled decelerated, Colonel Stapp was subjected to more than 40 times the pull of gravity (40 gs); his normal weight of 168 ½ lbs. momentarily shot up to 6,740 lbs. The driver of an ordinary automobile colliding with a brick wall at 50 m.p.h. would be taking much the same jolt—yet Stapp survived it with negligible injuries.
Yes, but after that 1955 Time article he went faster, and stopped quicker. When I was young my Dad would take me and my buddy's to watch the night tests, incredible!
BGnR
As the sled decelerated, Colonel Stapp was subjected to more than 40 times the pull of gravity (40 gs); his normal weight of 168 ½ lbs. momentarily shot up to 6,740 lbs. The driver of an ordinary automobile colliding with a brick wall at 50 m.p.h. would be taking much the same jolt—yet Stapp survived it with negligible injuries.
Yes, but after that 1955 Time article he went faster, and stopped quicker. When I was young my Dad would take me and my buddy's to watch the night tests, incredible!
BGnR