The Vomit-Inducing Gemini 8 Mission Space travel may have seemed routine with the success of the shuttle program, but there was a time when it was scarier. Gemini 8 was making one full revolution per second. The centrifugal force building up inside the spacecraft was making loose items — flight plants, checklists, and procedure charts — stick to the walls. Their heads and arms were pinned against the backs of their seats making reaching the hand controllers an effort. The sunlight coming in through the windows was flashing as fast as a strobe light. Neil Armstrong fought without success to dampen out the spacecraft’s tumbling. Turning things over to Dave Scott didn’t help; he was equally unsuccessful. Gemini 8’s troubles continue…

The Vomit-Inducing Gemini 8 Mission

Space travel may have seemed routine with the success of the shuttle program, but there was a time when it was scarier.

Gemini 8 was making one full revolution per second. The centrifugal force building up inside the spacecraft was making loose items — flight plants, checklists, and procedure charts — stick to the walls.

Their heads and arms were pinned against the backs of their seats making reaching the hand controllers an effort. The sunlight coming in through the windows was flashing as fast as a strobe light.

Neil Armstrong fought without success to dampen out the spacecraft’s tumbling. Turning things over to Dave Scott didn’t help; he was equally unsuccessful.

Gemini 8’s troubles continue…

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    I stopped reading at “Gemini 8 was making one full revolution per second.” WHOA. I’m dizzy just to think about it… —>...
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