The Mercury Project “Space”; The Mercury Project “Space”

  • Navy Chief [first name unknown] Miller in space suit opens visor
  • Jack Brooks introduces the program: The United States' entry into the space age and technical problems of space travel for humans
  • Brooks introduces Navy Captain Dr. Charles F. Gell, of the Navy Medical Core and Special Assistance for Medical and Allied Sciences, Office of Naval Research
  • Brief history of Gell's Naval history
  • Brief history of Gell's work in aviation/space medicine
  • On bioastronautics
  • On acceleration problems, which were helped by the Navy's Johnsville centrifuge
  • Model of Johnsville centrifuge
  • On acceleration [g-force] limits for humans
  • Supine seat
  • On Navy developments for extreme g-force stress
  • Iron maiden
  • On training program for astronauts (called spaceonauts)
  • Photo of astronaut in training
  • On creating a livable atmosphere for humans in space
  • Photo: Bio Astronautical Test Facility, from Air Crew Equipment Laboratory, Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia
  • Space suit description and demonstration
  • Chief Miller in space suit
  • Oxygen and helmet
  • Origins of suit, as protective and escape for high-altitude aviators
  • On sending monkeys to the moon
  • Photo of monkey Baker [aka Miss Baker]
  • Brooks comments on Baker's excessive lipstick, with Gell adding that it looks like "female exorbitance"
  • On younger generation of potential scientists. Brooks mentions previous talk with Hyman G. Rickover, father of the nuclear submarine (aka atomic submarine)
  • Brooks summation