Japan starts space elevator experiments

Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by perl4ever on Sunday September 02, 2018 @05:11PM (#17898662)

TIL forwards acceleration is called "eyeballs in" and backwards is called "eyeballs out".

It looks like 6 Gs is about as much as is feasible for an extended period of time.

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Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by ridgeguy on Sunday September 02, 2018 @09:55PM (#17899740)

Brief search didn't get me anything about longest ride on a centrifuge, which I guess would be the only way to test G-tolerance over extended periods. Where 'extended periods' means > an hour.

Any pointers to 6 Gs as being tolerable, for how long? Tnx.

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Re:Japan starts space elevator experiments by perl4ever on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:11PM (#17900053)

Don't know, I was quoting a figure for 10 minutes. 6 gs for 10 minutes will get you to 35 km/s, which I believe exceeds any rocket launches so far.

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