• Question: How many g forces are in a rocket launch?

    Asked by James TGS to Connor on 15 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Connor Macrae

      Connor Macrae answered on 15 Jun 2015:


      We have to limit the force exerted on people in a rocket launch as too many ‘g’s can harm someone, in fact 9 g’s is enough to make some one black out. So, manned rocket missions are limited to 3 g’s. So, you would weight three times what you do normally.

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