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Easier to Go to Mars

Published August 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM EDT
Alton Yates strapped into high-speed bopper sled — used to test the effects of high speeds on the human body — at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico circa 1959.
Ebony Magazine, May 1969
Alton Yates strapped into high-speed bopper sled — used to test the effects of high speeds on the human body — at the Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico circa 1959.

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