John Stapp

John Stapp

The highest g-force voluntarily experienced by a person was 46.2 g's by John Stapp. He rode a rocket sled that reached a top speed of 632 mph, the land speed record at the time and he stopped in 1 second. For a brief moment his body weighed 7700 pounds.

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