Word: astronauts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dark, soundproof room for three hours to measure his adaptability to isolation. Before, during, and after these tests came perhaps the most thorough physical examinations ever devised-plus a total of three doses of castor oil, five enemas. Which was the worst part of the tests? Answered one Astronaut, Marine Lieut. Colonel John Glenn: "If you figure out how many openings there are in the human body, and how far you can go into any one of them, you can answer which would be the toughest...
What will the first Mercury Astronaut feel, see and hear? Last week an eloquent forecast came from Navy Captain Norman Barr, veteran flight surgeon and pilot (12,500 hours), who helped set the physical requirements for the space-bound seven. Said Dr. Barr to the American Academy of General Practice in San Francisco...
Floating Fall. The next two orbits will be much like the first in their geometrical form, but the Astronaut will be changing. He will be becoming a more experienced man. No longer will he be so concerned for his safety. He will have more time for introspection. He will observe with more acuity, more conscious of the degree and meaning of his perceptions. The tremor of his voice and its high-pitched quality will disappear. Uncertainties will remain, but he will be able to view them with almost complete objectivity...
...program itself-"flights"' in a centrifuge simulating conditions during high-acceleration takeoff and quick-deceleration re-entry into the earth's atmosphere, flights in Mercury capsules carried by balloons. Finally, just before the big moment comes-perhaps three or four years hence-the first space-bound Mercury Astronaut will be named. The others will be expected to try subsequent flights...
...Going higher by 2,000-ft. steps, the subjects had progressively shorter times of useful consciousness. But even at 40,000 ft. the Indians averaged 1½ minutes, and one held out for more than two minutes. These results answered the first question with an emphatic yes: an astronaut having temporary trouble would be able to function effectively far longer, and thus perhaps save his life, if he had the High Andean's altitude endurance...