144: Amusement Parks That Ended Up Being Death Traps
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G-Force Training for Astronauts
G-force is 5 times the force of Earth's gravity on your body. Astronauts use these to simulate the effects on your body, which is really important before obviously hopping into a real life rocket ship. On June 29, 2010 at 449 p.m. at least 40 people were on the ride when the capsule surged upwards along the central pole. At the exact point when the capsules reached 39 feet in the air, one of them detached from its connecting arm.
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