01. For a passenger, what is lift off like? What does it feel like when you blast off into space? (A K2S Question)

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Lift off is like getting rear-ended in a bumper car. Lying on your back, you instantly go from normal weight to twice your weight. Eight and a half minutes later, you go from three times your weight to zero-gravity instantly when the engines shut down.

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Answer provided by Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.) William G. Gregory

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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