Why is negative g-forces more dangerous than positive?

Subject: Why is negative g-forces more dangerous than positive?

Date: Tue Apr 29 05:43:44 1997
Posted by Tony Reinkvist
Grade level: teacher/prof
School: Engineering College of Aarhus
City: Aarhus State/Province: No state entered.
Country: Denmark
Area of science: Biophysics
ID: 862310624.Bp

Message:

I've been in the Air Force prior to my further education, and there I was 
told, that negative g-forces was much more dangerous than positive, 
because the blood stops to flow. And that the human body only can 
sustain approx 6 negative G's, and 12 positive G's. Is this correct?

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