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Accession Number:
AD0670468
Title:
PILOT PERFORMANCE AND TOLERANCE STUDIES OF ORBITAL RE-ENTRY ACCELERATION.
Corporate Author:
NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER JOHNSVILLE PA AVIATION MEDICAL ACCELERATION LAB
Report Date:
1958-09-19
Abstract:
The report concerns a preliminary study of human tolerance to the re-entry accelerations expected in zero lift vehicles. The study was undertaken to ascertain whether a human subject could tolerate orbital re-entry acceleration patterns associated with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA manned space capsule. Author
Descriptive Note:
Letter rept.,
Pages:
0009
File Size:
0.00MB