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Re:Blue Origin successfully lands both booster and crew caps... by nabla9 on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @01:48PM (#17560501)
10 G is not sustained. 10 G max is not enough for airbag deployment in cars.

For a short time is nothing to talk about during emergency when it comes from the back (eyballs in) and you are protected from the whiplash.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Human_linear_acceleration...

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Re:Blue Origin successfully lands both booster and crew caps... by CaptainDecisive on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:56AM (#17565754)
Agreed, I've read you get about 4g peak deceleration going down stairs. But people seem to survive that process on a regular basis. So a temporary 10g is not a problem, and the effects of gravity loads on the human body are well studied and understood by military and aerospace organizations.
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