the human body could really withstand what we're expected to be the rigors of space travel. and the vast stretches of acceleration, and rapid deceleration, and presser changes, and everything else. ultimately it was not the only airmen who went through this, but he was one of them. and he participated in a huge number. 65 of those tests, tests of the human body in extremists. and he is fine, he lived to tell the tale and proudly. he was discharged in 1959 after that very honorable service, after he was discharged in 1959 he headed home. to jacksonville, florida. now around this time that he was getting out of the air force after this amazing service, this is the late 1959, early 1960. obviously there was tremendous organizing happening throughout the american self at that time. for the civil rights movement.