Comments by "Colonel K" (@Paladin1873) on "The Rocket Sled Trials of Colonel John Stapp" video.

  1. He was one of the great heroes of the Air Force research community.
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  2.  @evensgrey  Another noteworthy member of this fraternity is Colonel Joseph W. Kittinger II. Although a pilot, rather than research physician, he performed the very first extreme altitude experiments by riding balloons to altitudes eventually exceeding 100,000 ft and descending by free-fall at over 600 MPH before opening his parachute. This called for titanium cajones.
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