John Stapp
American academic
Died when: 89 years 125 days (1072 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Colonel John Paul Stapp (July 11, 1910 – November 13, 1999), M.D., Ph.D., was an American career U.S.Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans.
He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as "the fastest man on earth".His work on Project Manhigh pioneered many developments for the US space program.
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