Dr Katherine Bennell-Pegg

Yeah, you're inside your suit as well.

So they wear suits now for re-entry.

They have for the last few decades since there was an accident where a lot of astronauts died many decades ago when a valve broke and it depressurized inside.

But basically...

Yeah, you're in those suits.

You're sitting in the vehicle.

You're strapped in.

So your back is actually on the floor and kind of your knees up.

If you think of you tilt a chair backwards.

So your head's on the floor, your butt's on the floor, and your knees are in the air.

That's their orientation.

So that you feel the G forces on your chest.

It's like having, they hit about 4G.

So it's like having three people your weight.

effectively lying on top of you.

It's hard to breathe.

You have to take sips of air.

They'd feel the shock as the parachutes open and as they impact.

The outside of the vehicle was reaching half the temperature of the surface of the sun.

And the parking there in front of the vehicle was multiple times hotter than that as well.