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re: Those Mercury capsules pulled a lot more Gs on reentry than the Shuttle

Kim Keller — 7/17/2003 4:00:32 PM (archived)

>>If memory serves, the Mercury astronauts pulled about 9G on reentry. The Shuttle pulls somewhere around 3G.<<

Shuttle entry - 1.5G max

-Kim-

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The whole thread (11 posts)

Shuttle re-entry v capsule re-entry - Raoul - 7/12/2003 1:59:57 PM
- The shuttles wing. - Nipper Wolf - 7/13/2003 2:30:03 AM
  - re: The shuttles wing. - Gary - 7/13/2003 6:13:01 PM
  - re: The shuttles wing. - Raoul - 7/13/2003 11:02:06 AM
- Some comments about reentry - Gary - 7/12/2003 8:05:00 PM
  - re: Max Faget - Raoul - 7/12/2003 11:09:42 PM
    - re: Max Faget - Gary - 7/13/2003 5:59:39 PM
- Those Mercury capsules pulled a lot more Gs on reentry than the Shuttle - Larry J - 7/12/2003 4:40:07 PM
  - re: Those Mercury capsules pulled a lot more Gs on reentry than the Shuttle - Kim Keller - 7/17/2003 4:00:32 PM
  - I forgot to add... - Larry J - 7/12/2003 4:47:56 PM
    - re: Soyuzes - Raoul - 7/12/2003 6:25:31 PM

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