Bioastronautics Research

Summary: Coverage of research at the Aerospace Medical Division Hq 657Oth Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories including scenes of F-104 seat ejection; drop tests from C-130 and ejection from F-106; effects of weightlessness on cats and pigeons in a C-131; test subjects in water tank, on centrifuge, in heat chamber and on complex coordinator. Also shows scenes of vertical deceleration tower, incline impact test facility, vertical accelerator, equilibrium chair and vibration platform.

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 68700 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-33692 - BIOASTRONAUTICS RESEARCH - Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ).

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  Science & Technology

[snicp]

its like jackass nasa style

[jihadjared]

That guy at the end... His crotch was getting jackhammered X_X

[stuntman3495]

cats in zero gravity. yeah, 'research'.

[geordietoddy]

Colour film was invented in 1903, and was used comercially from around 1908, but the process wasn't simplified until much later. So yes, they had colour film in 1947.

Google 'Kinemacolor' for more.

[Jonas Anderson]

Why did they use two fried eggs for a blindfold?

[juniperzowl]

those poor poor baby kitties, I'll bet they never forgave those guys

[juniperzowl]

Those poor cats, how dare you??

[GeckoDX]

i only came herez fo flotin kittehz :3

[Doug McDougall]

4:09 hackey sack cat

[zgrillo2004]

Vote for romney. He will restore NASA.

[senorsombreros]

shame they cut funding. wouldn't mind my tax dollars being spent on this.

[xK1LL4x]

12:32 why is he wearing eggs over his eyes?