That Time NASA Put Astronauts in the World's Worst Carnival Ride
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In the early 1960s, NASA rolled up to a US Navy facility in Pennsylvania with one goal in mind: stick its newly-minted astronauts into one of the most extreme centrifuges that has ever been built, and whirl them around really fast to train for the extreme g-forces they'll experience during a space launch. But astronauts aren't the only people who have been subject to a ride in the Johnsville Centrifuge. One man even got to do it sitting in his own recliner...
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@samanthaw.6929 24 күн бұрын
Naughty astronauts get put in the astronaut spinner to atone for their crimes
@JoeJaJoeJoe 24 күн бұрын
squeezes out the bad juju
@user-um5wg6bw5x 24 күн бұрын
Space jocks version of a shake out for their victims' lunch money.
@tomarmadiyer2698 24 күн бұрын
Allegedly while wearing a diaper
@FunnyFany 22 күн бұрын
**climbing into centrifuge** "This space agency is a f••kiNG NIGHTMARE"
@caspenbee 24 күн бұрын
Sleeping in 2G sounds like the ideal weighted blanket.
@colonagray2454 24 күн бұрын
Bit harder to breath though, might be hard to actually sleep haha
@TheLemonKidd 24 күн бұрын
@@colonagray2454with my allergies? Nah I can sleep without breathing no problem
@brandonmunsen6035 24 күн бұрын
Ok
@l3176l 24 күн бұрын
Finally, a weighted blanket for my everything.
@ajchapeliere 24 күн бұрын
There's surely a saucy joke here, but I'm legitimately curious where people's thresholds are. My weighted blanket is very roughly 10% of my body weight and it's pretty pleasant imo. I could probably tolerate a bit more weight while sleeping, but moving more than the 12 extant pounds of blanket when I need to make the bed or get up at all just sounds like /effort/. I'd never want to get out of bed. Granted, I also know that my 3.6 pound kitten might as well be a 25 pound kettlebell if he's sleeping on me 😂😅 Subjective perception is /wild/ sometimes
@PikaPetey 24 күн бұрын
UP TO 40 Gs IN 7 SECONDS?!!😮😮😮 holy moly these guys were not kidding around!!!
@matthewcox7985 24 күн бұрын
Then there's Colonel John Paul Stapp, who went for some seriously wild rides and is partly responsible for cars having seat belts.
@chrisjager5370 24 күн бұрын
At minimum a jerk of 5.7 m/s^3, but I'd bet there were much bigger jerks.
@6cef 24 күн бұрын
savannah: "...can appear to have the force of gravity..." albert: "hold my beer."
@colonagray2454 24 күн бұрын
My dumb ass liked to walked around on the walls in those rides. Adult me is amazed my head is still attached
@Wicked_Knight 24 күн бұрын
Can't say I walked the walls per se but I would sometimes Spiderman crawl across the wall when there was no one else on the ride.
@colonagray2454 23 күн бұрын
I did also only do it when it was empty of others. The guy in the middle never cared. Looking back he was probably a teenager not an adult but I was little
@Wicked_Knight 23 күн бұрын
@@colonagray2454 I always got buddy buddy with the ride operators, carnies are my kinda people 😆
@Wicked_Knight 23 күн бұрын
@@colonagray2454 I always got buddy buddy witb the ride operators for that ride.
@CompletelyNormal 24 күн бұрын
My grandfather almost died on a centrifuge ride. The horizontal Gs caused him to choke on his dentures.
@juangil384 24 күн бұрын
Sorry. Its funny, until its not. Good thing it was a fair outcome
@user-xj8wy4uu1q 24 күн бұрын
Wow
@ferretyluv 23 күн бұрын
You’re not supposed to go on centrifuges if you’re elderly.
@flaparoundfpv8632 21 күн бұрын
Well then I bet he won't try that again.
@cachecow 24 күн бұрын
I'm a scientist and there was a ride in Coney Island called the Hell Hole, it was a wooden barrel that spun and the bottom would drop out. We gave the operator $5 and told him to turn it up to 11. Where each vertebrae on my back is I had a bruise
@SB-hy9iq 24 күн бұрын
I wonder what $10 would have got y’all lol
@cachecow 24 күн бұрын
@@SB-hy9iq A wheelchair
@ferd1775 24 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂@@cachecow
@SB-hy9iq 24 күн бұрын
@@cachecowhahahahahahahahaha
@Just_A_Dude 24 күн бұрын
The question, of course, isn't whether that was a dumb idea. The question is do you regret it?
@AceSpadeThePikachu 24 күн бұрын
So...Goku's "high gravity training" regiment was actually almost a thing?
@flaparoundfpv8632 21 күн бұрын
Shut up, nerd.
@pseudotasuki 24 күн бұрын
Gravity isn't just similar to acceleration, it *is* an acceleration. That seems wrong when you're effectively motionless, but it isn't when you remember that gravity is a distortion in spacetime. Because of Earth's mass, a straight line curves towards the planet. So when we stand on the surface, we're constantly being accelerated away from that path.
@talkingbirb2808 18 күн бұрын
Force of gravity is just negated by normal force, which does not lessen the burden that gravity is inflicting on us
@fernbedek6302 24 күн бұрын
Keeps *most* of your blood where it's supposed to be...
@Rubrickety 24 күн бұрын
…right round round round.
@scyban12 24 күн бұрын
Now I have that song in my head. Thanks a lot. 😝
@pg2826 24 күн бұрын
Someone sang this song when I was on one of those spinny rides at an amusement park. Now I just associate the two together.
@angusmatheson8906 24 күн бұрын
Meatspin
@Rubrickety 24 күн бұрын
@@scyban12My job here is done.
@scyban12 24 күн бұрын
@@Rubrickety 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@DuchessOfAvon 24 күн бұрын
I like the way that you speak and present the topics you cover. Your tongue-in cheek way of describing macabre things is perfect.
@faenethlorhalien 24 күн бұрын
They should blast YOU SPIN ME ROUND ROUND BABY ROUND ROUND through the loudspeakers as they turn on the centrifuge lol
@avereth 24 күн бұрын
The unlucky one gets Leek Spin
@vecamiolo 22 күн бұрын
I’ve lived near this centrifuge for 67 years. This is a wonderful report and Savannah you did an exceptional job.
@julietraginsky9526 24 күн бұрын
I've actually gone to a B'nai Mitzvah at "the Fuge" before! Curtains were put on the remaining arm to divide the room for cocktail hour and the main party area. The place is still causing temporary injuries, as that DJ was a bit too loud for my sensitive ears, but other than that it was pretty cool
@ferretyluv 23 күн бұрын
And what did we learn? Always wear ear plugs at concerts!
@julietraginsky9526 23 күн бұрын
@@ferretyluv i did. the dj maxed out my dad's decibel measuring app in the hallway to get to the party room
@cmmartti 24 күн бұрын
The early astronauts were all test pilots, most from the navy or air force, so it actually wasn't a problem that the astronaut training facilities were spread across the country-they'd just jump in a fighter jet and get where they needed to go in a matter of hours. Crazy.
@LordPhobos6502 24 күн бұрын
0:15 - "OH NOOOOOOO!!! IT'S ANOTHER ENTERPRISE!!!" 😂
@LeoAngora 24 күн бұрын
Space program: inspiring Dragon Ball Z writers since immemorial times.
@lady_draguliana784 23 күн бұрын
As I recall, this machine's results were the ones being referred to in the now-infamous anti-vax post claiming 5G cell signals could kill you, linking to the effects of G-lock from this very facility 🤣
@terrencepayne1371 22 күн бұрын
“Guinea piggery”. I said it before and I’ll say it again, I demand this host have more content. She is fantastic.
@Sugar3Glider 23 күн бұрын
♪I whip my 'naughts back and forth♪
@aasimmons3 24 күн бұрын
Great job Savannah, this was a really cool segment!
@Mythilt 24 күн бұрын
Um, 9g's is a normal part of USAF fighter pilot training. Every fighter pilot in the USAF experiences I believe 15 seconds at 9g's as part of training. Can't remember exact time, has been several years since I worked as part of the acceptance team for the US militaries centrifuge at WPAFB.
@themanhimself3 24 күн бұрын
There are videos of pilots taking random people up to like 8g.
@mradhayuda1 24 күн бұрын
i am so happy that you all comeback
@fynnkessels2488 24 күн бұрын
They’re trying to hypnotize us with that animation of the pin…
@AthAthanasius 24 күн бұрын
01:00 - Plot Twist: Actually the feeling of being under gravity on the surface of Earth *is* due to acceleration. In the absence of the ground you would naturally follow what's called a geodesic, the natural path given the local curvature of space-time. In General Relativistic terms this is *not* accelerating (so no GR-caused time dilation/length contraction). But because the ground is there you are *accelerated* by it so as to remain on the surface. It is this acceleration that causes GR-related time dilation relative to, e.g. a satellite in a free falling orbit, because that *is* following a geodesic. Yes, General Relativity is weird.
@Ladypuppy510 24 күн бұрын
Guinea piggery. My new favorite expression
@nariu7times328 24 күн бұрын
Fantastic idea for pin!
@1One2Three5Eight13 24 күн бұрын
Help me out here: the comment about time at high G's is taunting me, because I can't remember who wrote the story (or even it's name) about a space pilot having to make a trip with an extended time at very high G force to get some medicine to a far-off planet, and the extreme damage it ended up doing to him.
@im.empimp 24 күн бұрын
You might want to ask this on the sci-fi stack exchange site. (I tried leaving a version of this comment with the actual url, but YT deleted the comment 🤦♂so you'll just need to do a search for it.)
@woodfur00 24 күн бұрын
Dunno, but Sci-Fi Stack Exchange could probably help you
@DebTheDevastator 24 күн бұрын
I don't know, but if you remember, please comment. I'm always looking for a good Sci-fi book.
@ferretyluv 23 күн бұрын
This seems like a question for Reddit.
@awaredeshmukh3202 22 күн бұрын
@@woodfur00 seconding sci-fi stack exchange!!
@fabricdragon 17 күн бұрын
you can go get pictures sitting in THIS ONE! "The Fuge" is a "entertainment venue" with a lot of the testing equipment still in place. it is in warminster PA and hosts a few media /retro cons!
@timbocf76 20 күн бұрын
Guinea piggery is my new favorite phrase
@General12th 24 күн бұрын
Hi Savannah!
@yt650 24 күн бұрын
I worked a few miles down the road from the Johnsville naval air station where that centrifuge originally existed. I worked in Warminster Pennsylvania, at a Chevrolet dealership. Between the Johnsville, Naval Air Station and the dealership where I worked was the home office and manufacturing plant for? Hurst corporation, you probably wouldn’t remember them from floor shifts that they sold for manual transmission cars. My father-in-law worked at Johnsville naval air station after the second world war.
@vecamiolo 22 күн бұрын
Lafferty Chevrolet. Hurst is probably most famous for inventing Jaws of Life. As I sit right now in my recliner I’m a few thousand feet from the old centrifuge.
@yt650 22 күн бұрын
@@vecamiolo Yep, Lafferty Chevrolet, at the time John Lafferty owned it and I worked in the parts department definitely in 1966 . We would loan new Chevrolets to Hurst so they could engineer floor shifts for the new models. It’s my understanding It’s still Lafferty Chevrolet.
@vecamiolo 22 күн бұрын
@@yt650 Jack Lafferty senior died in 2013 at the age of 88. I don’t know how long his son Jack owned the dealership but he sold to Patriot Chevrolet maybe 5 years ago.
@vecamiolo 22 күн бұрын
@@yt650 do you remember Oldsmobile being the Hurst Olds car? I had a 67 Olds 442.
@yt650 22 күн бұрын
@@vecamiolo Yes, I do, my first new car was from Lafferty at 1966 SS 396 Chevelle . I didn’t realize it, but I was about 10 or 11 years old. I met George Hurst. I had no idea who he was at the time and by no means famous or owner of Hurst corporation, he was friends with the parents of some of my kid friends. This was 71 years ago. He had a mercury convertible and the doorhandles trunk lid and hood were shaved.. It was black with white convertible top.
@aalhard 18 күн бұрын
4:27 blood red eyes, you forgot the best one 😊
@thomasgoodwin2648 24 күн бұрын
Race drivers occasionally experience higher g-forces in high deceleration braking events (impact with wall).
@colonagray2454 24 күн бұрын
Oof. Yeah they felt it all right
@thomasgoodwin2648 24 күн бұрын
@@colonagray2454 Especially the next day😉
@TonyHammitt 24 күн бұрын
In 1975, a Soyuz (7K-T 39) aborted after almost 5 minutes, after the escape rocket detached, and the cosmonauts in it hit 21.3 g's re-entering the atmosphere since they didn't have enough horizontal speed and came down basically vertically. They survived but one of the cosmonauts was severely injured and had to retire from the program.
@user-wz1qo1cn3i 24 күн бұрын
We all want to know, did he ever have any kids?
@chloeleo 24 күн бұрын
On a roller coaster I Auckland I passed out very briefly due to g force and I highly doubt it was more than 3-4 gs it was a crazy experience
@benwiles7335 22 күн бұрын
When my dad was one of the test subjects in 1971, they were no longer (or more probably never were?) using actual test pilots and astronauts in centrifuge experiments. Instead, they took people whose height and weight matched that of the ideal pilot (5'9", 190 lbs give or take) and spun them up to see how much acceleration they could withstand. They then built aircraft according to the tolerances indicated. Unfortunately for him and his colleagues, the National Research Act banning this type of experimentation wasn't passed until 1974. Many of the test subjects of that era are now dealing with neurodegenerative diseases in the same family as Parkinson's, Alzheimers, and CTE, most likely caused by having their brains compressed against the inside of their skulls in a similar way to what football players experience when they collide at high speed.
@vecamiolo 22 күн бұрын
Wow I never heard that before. That’s a shame. I’m glad they stopped that.
@BrandEver117 24 күн бұрын
We all know that zero/microgravity is pretty bad for people, but at what point is there enough gravity to be healthy for extended periods? What is the lowest gravity you could live with without side effects? Could there be any benefit to living in lower gravity for extended periods of time?
@avereth 24 күн бұрын
Low gravity causes osteoperosis like symptoms over time. Really worried for any poor saps they send to Mars without bothering to solve for that.
@_Zaid 24 күн бұрын
Additional G isn't like having people sit on your chest. All of your tissues- you limbs, your neck- feel that much heavier and become much harder to move.
@Uruz2012 24 күн бұрын
That's how explanation by analogy works. You relate a thing that someone hasn't experienced to something that they have. No analogy is perfect, that's literally what makes it an analogy.
@stevenbrogdon3074 24 күн бұрын
I could listen to you read the dictionary. Very good presenter.
@burnte 24 күн бұрын
They're really an excellent communicator.
@AthAthanasius 24 күн бұрын
@@burnte *They (if I'm recalling correctly, Savannah identifies as non-binary).
@burnte 24 күн бұрын
@@AthAthanasius Edited!
@davidjohn3914 24 күн бұрын
Round and Round I Go
@Nevertook 24 күн бұрын
The water is how the deep ocean UAPs are able to travel at the observed g-forces.
@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG 24 күн бұрын
@6:37 ....and became the superhero we know today as Superman, due to the increased gravity. (Did anyone ever think of asking him to gather and sling all the world's nukes into The Sun...?)
@JustMeZeed 24 күн бұрын
True your body weighs 11 extra "yous", but experiencing 12g is probably more like 5.5 "yous" sitting on your chest, since half the mass is above your lungs, the other 5.5 "yous" are in contact with the floor.
@altsak840 24 күн бұрын
Love the subtle hint Soyuz being garbage 😂
@user-cl4lg8hs4s 24 күн бұрын
I never cared much for the "Gravitron" centrifuge ride. If I get to dizzy I will puke, which I did a few times after that ride, but the zero G ride, usually called "the drop" I absolutely loved. This one you would be in a roller coaster like car and kind of go off a cliff before the track curved at the bottom giving you a couple seconds of "freefall". Although there was a "DO NOT DO THIS" sign and they would ban you from the ride if you got caught, it was hard to resist pulling some change out of your pocket and placing it on the palm of your hand and lowering your hand during the drop and watching the change float in mid air. I never did this, honest, but my "friend" told me it was cool....never made me puke, so maybe I could handle the "vomit comet". Don't have the money for that, tho'.
@leeborocz-johnson1649 24 күн бұрын
I can't believe NASA once built a rocket capable of leaving Earth's atmosphere.
@MontgomeryWenis 24 күн бұрын
Technically that centrifuge is the most powerful synthetic one in the entire universe.
@ferretyluv 23 күн бұрын
John Stapp survived 46.2Gs. He did it voluntarily.
@lady_draguliana784 23 күн бұрын
6:30 but did he master Kaioken?
@SuV33358 14 күн бұрын
Ah yes, the Gravitron
@3800S1 24 күн бұрын
John Stapp, 46.2G
@diegoreckholder945 24 күн бұрын
the pin: it sPINs
@fabricdragon 17 күн бұрын
you dont have to rent the whole place to go and get photos! go to one of the conventions there, buy a vintage toy, and wander around!!!
@matthewcox7985 24 күн бұрын
I'm not an astronaut. Just an Astro Nut. 😁
@aalhard 18 күн бұрын
3:26 Motor
@michaelmayhem350 24 күн бұрын
Titlt-a-wirl 😂
@LeafBoye 23 күн бұрын
@@michaelmayhem350 🫏🫏🫏 over here
@felipebustamante2665 15 күн бұрын
For the problems of G force never the Nasa guys think in a ironlung cavine ?
@maolcogi 18 күн бұрын
Did you mean electric motor? How does one combust electricity? :O
@skybluskyblueify 24 күн бұрын
People experienced like several people were on the chest not by G force but by larger and larger stones placed on someone during the Salem witch trials debacle. Yikes! I guess that was a common torture technique in that time period.
@aalhard 18 күн бұрын
7:15 San Antonio is closer to Cocoa Beach Than Pa?
@carthius 24 күн бұрын
Can having amputated limps make you less likely to pass out during High Gs??
@angusmatheson8906 24 күн бұрын
Meatspin
@Arsh.i.i.i.n 23 күн бұрын
I was stressed about what was gonna happen to Dr. Gray Spoiler alert: I'm glad this didn't turn into a gory anime episode
@lohphat 24 күн бұрын
How many people suffered infarctions due to the high blood pressure?
@jimmybiggs9791 24 күн бұрын
when will you all come out with some new shirts?
@odiewan67 24 күн бұрын
for y'all Germans: "Spinnst du?"
@scriptorpaulina 24 күн бұрын
I WANNA GO TO 31 GS I WANNA GO TO 31GS Stupid GSFC not letting us do anything
@EyesOfByes 24 күн бұрын
Any eggs tested?
@warzone6700 24 күн бұрын
Hate these stupid bots
@briannap6733 24 күн бұрын
How many gs are on your body while swimming? I’d guess like 0.7 or 0.8? Wasn’t able to find the answer online :/
@jacko666 24 күн бұрын
Man some of those astronauts have giant foreheads
@felipebustamante2665 23 күн бұрын
About the topic: Somebody can answer why? in the protect X-15 to break sonic barrier ... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j86iqZR2q8i1eas.html Why does Charles Bronson's plane have a duckbill nose? Somebody can explain that nose on a plane thx
@ldpauls 24 күн бұрын
The “world’s most powerful centrifuge”. Hardly, unless you maybe only include ones big enough to hold a person. A laboratory ultracentrifuge spinning at 60 000 rpm has a g force of 200 000.
@awolpeace1781 24 күн бұрын
Slow the air at high speed
@WTH1812 24 күн бұрын
F1 drivers endure 6G, 7G, or more multiple times per lap, in Grand Prix between 50 to 70 laps per race, plus all the laps in practice and qualifying.
@user-nu7vq6ei5q 24 күн бұрын
94th to comment.
@biohazard724 24 күн бұрын
But why _a zoologist?_
@jackielinde7568 24 күн бұрын
I don't know. Maybe he liked animals. You'd have to ask him.
@santiagovega2485 24 күн бұрын
Why not
@lilyjohnson6587 24 күн бұрын
He's not ready to monolog his evil plan yet
@jonathancrowder3424 24 күн бұрын
Furries used to be illegal, that's why
@sss-gj3oe 16 күн бұрын
You said we can rent the facility for "weddings" and "barmitzvah". Not "weddings" and "birthdays" or any other celebration. With that, you showed what you'r trying to promote. The only reason I visited this site was because of Hank. He is awesome. But because you injected promotion of certain group of people, I unsubscribed and removed the bookmark.
@AidanRatnage 24 күн бұрын
An electric engine, not a motor?
@MOSMASTERING 20 күн бұрын
..."to drop a bit of jargon on you" *Proceeds to talk sbout G-force. I am atill watching Sci-Show? Video goes on to drop a LOT of scientific terminology. Weird flex.
@KevinMarion-xq4pj 24 күн бұрын
At 3:20 did you say 4000 electric engine? Whoops how about motor ? 😮
@vecamiolo 22 күн бұрын
In general, an engine uses fuel to create motion, while a motor uses an external source of power, such as electricity, air, or hydraulic pressure:
@BobMotster 24 күн бұрын
"You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round. Like a record, baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round..." Edit: Yeah... you overdid the side shots this time around. Those are starting to detract from the GRAVITY of the content you are presenting.
@lindaseel9986 24 күн бұрын
But Goku trains in 300 times gravity.
@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515 24 күн бұрын
Instructions unclear Wound up being a brat
@DavidMaurand 24 күн бұрын
please give us pounds, too, so i don't have stop the video to convert to a number that means something in our American frame of reference.
@theultimatereductionist7592 24 күн бұрын
To translate into Flat-Earther, 40Gs = 1000 mph. The temperature outside right now is 1000mph. The cost of a cup of coffee on Flattardia is 1000mph.
@RubbittTheBruise 24 күн бұрын
Try being an F1 driver in an accident. 50gs
@xcanadian1 24 күн бұрын
Stop with the cringe side-shot "comedy" or maybe hire a proper comedy writer instead of half-assing?
@theantichrist5191 24 күн бұрын
excuse me lady in America we use lbs not kilos when I'm listening I dont feel like doing math so just use lbs. I get a kilo is 2.2lbs but like I said I don't wanna do math. I know it was only said once for a stupid little thing but still.... where is Hank??