Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Poskanzer.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA From: Poskanzer.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Heinlein on the Shuttle. Message-ID: <2387@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 14:01:20 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2387 Posted: Tue Jun 21 14:01:20 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jun-83 20:02:01 EDT Lines: 13 Actually, we don't have to worry about his health, at least to a first approximation. NASA did a bunch of centrifuge tests on ordinary people of various ages, and found that the older you are, the better you are able to withstand g's. The theory is that harder arteries and higher blood pressure keep the blood where it belongs. Does this mean that aspiring shuttle pilots should eat bacon and eggs three times a day to "build up" their circulatory system? Probably not, since withstanding g's (and only three of them at that) is a very small part of the mission. However, for aspiring shuttle passengers who don't expect to do anything except get shuttled, maybe so, maybe so... --- Jef