This short clip reel shows some of the human factors tests conducted by Col. John Paul Stapp. Col. Stapp was a career U.S. Air Force officer, USAF flight surgeon and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on humans. He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as “the fastest man on earth”. According to the book “A History of Murphy’s Law” by Nick T. Spark, Stapp was also involved in the discovery of the famed Law during tests at Muroc AFB (today’s Edwards).

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