Thread: Do u blackout??
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Old 04-May-2008, 02:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 3dknight View Post
When the astronauts go into space with a space shuttle. They go at very high speeds and I was wondering if they blackout when entering or exiting the atmoshpere or even before that. And how many g's is it at top velocity.
The space shuttle only pulls a little more than 3.0gs and that right before main engine cutoff. Most of the pilots are military pilots so they have experience with those kinds of forces.
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