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Re: gravitational sensations--was Work/Energy theorem ?

You need to look at some pictures of Col. Stapp's face as he decelerates
on a rocket sled. Never again will you believe that you sense such forces
through such a crude instrument as your glutei maximi! Your sensation of
weight comes from your middle ear.

Leigh


Was he accelerating "eyeballs in" or "eyeballs out"?

Gene

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