Today we’ll be talking to the crew of Polaris Dawn and we’ll dive into some fun history on fighter jet training, we’ll talk about some of the physics involved, the G suit and nerd out on the jets, because I love learning about all this cool stuff and I assume you do too. But if you want to just see me get thrashed around in a fighter jet, I do have timestamps for all the sections so you can skip forward if you don’t want to dive into all the nerdy things that I get excited about. Read about Polaris Program’s cause! – https://polarisprogram.com/our-cause/ And here’s an article version of this video – https://everydayastronaut.com/astronauts-fighter-jet-training/ 00:00 – Intro 02:00 – History of Fighter Jet Training 05:07 – What’s the point of Fighter Jet Training with Jared Isaacman 08:16 – The Physics Involved in Fighter Jet Training 09:43 – A Tour of the Jets 13:20 – How an Afterburner Works 15:10 – Talking to Scott “Kidd” Poteet 16:03 – Suitting up 17:15 – Getting in the Jet 18:30 – Take off! 20:00 – Formation Flying 21:45 – High G Maneuvers 24:20 – Reaction 25:40 – Talking to Sarah Gillis and Anna…
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PULLING 7G’s in a Fighter Jet!!! Training like a Commercial Astronaut with the Polaris Dawn Crew!