g-suits

Generally speaking a human can't survive sustained accelleration of more than 9 g (and that is with trained fighter pilots wearing g-suits, most civilians it's closer to 5 g). 100 g instantaneous or more is lethal.

nessus Diary Entry nessus 2006

So because they need to be so accurate, they can't wear bulky g-suits.

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