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From: roberts@larry.sal.wisc.edu (Tim Roberts)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Can anyone identify these pictures (from this text description?)
Keywords: rocket sled g-force distorted face
Message-ID: <1122@larry.sal.wisc.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 90 17:21:20 GMT
References: <Jul.24.02.02.22.1990.22224@remus.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: roberts@larry.sal.wisc.edu.UUCP (Tim Roberts)
Organization: Space Astronomy Lab, Madison, WI
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In article <Jul.24.02.02.22.1990.22224@remus.rutgers.edu> broderic@remus.rutgers.edu (Alfred J. Broderick) writes:
>  In the second picture his face is disfigured and in
>last photo his face is very stretched and compressed generally all messed
>up.
>Does anyone know what was happening in this photo?  

As I recall, the poor fellow was paid to look into the air blast coming
out of a mach 6 wind tunnell.  <the experiment was centered around 
helmetless ejections from very fast aircraft>  I saw the test movies on
a television show called "The Sixties" and the guys eyelids swelled to
huge proportions as well as his cheeks.  The coverings are real over his
eyes though.  >He felt no acceleration since he was sitting still.