John Stapp Quotes

Colonel John Paul Stapp , 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 and deceleration 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. July 1910 – 13. November 1999
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John Stapp Quotes

“We do all of our work in consideration of Murphy's Law.”

The Fastest Man on Earth, Why Everything You Know About Murphy’s Law is Wrong, Nick T. Spark, Improbable Research, 2012-01-05 http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i5/murphy/murphy1.html,

“The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle.”

Known as Stapp's Law
Technology bites back, Graeme Philipson, Sydney Morning Herald, April 9, 2005, 2012-01-05 http://www.smh.com.au/news/Icon/Technology-bites-back/2005/04/06/1112489536595.html,

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