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National Geographic : 1961 Sep
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ate the head vibration by providing more foam rubber for the head support and a more streamlined fairing for the spacecraft adapter ring [a more streamlined covering for the ring that clamps the one-ton Mercury cap sule to the rocket-Editor]. These modifica tions should take care of this problem for future flights. I had no other difficulty during powered flight. The training in acceleration on the 436 centrifuge was valid, and I encountered no problem in respiration, observation, and re porting to the ground. Rocket cutoff occurred at T-plus-2 -min utes-22 -seconds, at an acceleration of about 6 g. [T indicates lift-off time, and 6 g equals 6 times the normal force of the earth's gravity.] It was not abrupt enough to give me any problem, and I was not aware of any uncom fortable sensation. I had one switch move-
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