Baylor University (BA, MA) University of Texas at Austin (PhD) University of Minnesota (MD)
Known for
Study of deceleration on humans, Stapp's Law
Awards
Elliott Cresson Medal (1973) Gorgas Medal (1957)
Scientific career
Fields
Physics (Acceleration) Physician and Medicinal science
John Paul Stapp (July 11, 1910 – November 13, 1999) was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans.[1] He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as "the fastest man on earth".[2] His work on Project Manhigh pioneered many developments for the US space program.[3]
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^Spark, Nick T. "The Fastest Man Alive". Improb.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
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John Paul Stapp (July 11, 1910 – November 13, 1999) was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer...
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Henry Pierce Stapp (born March 23, 1928, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American mathematical physicist, known for his work in quantum mechanics, particularly...
than eighteen g-forces in an aerospace vehicle, but it is so no longer. (JohnStapp repeatedly withstood far more in his research, peaking above 46 Gs in...
vehicles powered directly by solar power, without batteries Lt. Col. John P. Stapp rides the rocket sled at Edwards Air Force Base The V150, the world's...
album, The Madness (2017), featured vocalist Scott Stapp (Creed). In 2020, the band replaced Stapp with Soto and began production on the 2024 album, Let...
in 1934 as well as Explorer II reaching 22,066 m (72,395 ft) in 1935. JohnStapp Project Excelsior, follow-on flights in 1959 and 1960 Project Adam, a...
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Excelsior (meaning "ever upward", a name given to the project by Colonel JohnStapp), as part of research into high altitude bailout, he made a series of...
band, as bassist Brian Marshall departed in August 2000. Vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti wrote most of the material for the album during...
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former U.S. Senator from New Mexico Mark Spencer – computer engineer JohnStapp – pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces...
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singer Scott Stapp. On his 2004 album It's Not Funny, Cross referred to Creed as "the third-worst band in history", and joked that Stapp hung around "10th...
Company to world-class production of advanced engineering materials." 1991 JohnStapp "For his research on the effects of mechanical force on living tissues...
human tolerance to deceleration can likely be traced to the studies by JohnStapp to investigate the limits of human tolerance in the 1940s and 1950s. In...
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