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We further explored how these individuals perform in simulated operational activities during and following hypergravity.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>\n<jats:bold>METHODS:<\/jats:bold> Volunteer subjects participated in up to five centrifuge runs (maximum +4.0 G<jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub>, +4.5 G<jats:sub>x<\/jats:sub>, 6.1\u2009G resultant; onset rate &lt;0.5 G<jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub> \u00b7 s<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>, \u22641 G<jats:sub>x<\/jats:sub> \u00b7 s<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>). Profiles included two winged spacecraft simulations with sequential and combined +G<jats:sub>x<\/jats:sub>\/+G<jats:sub>z<\/jats:sub> and two capsule simulations representing nominal +G<jats:sub>x<\/jats:sub> launch and reentry. The final profile simulated a capsule launch abort, with a more dynamic cycling of +G<jats:sub>x<\/jats:sub> exposures and oscillatory multi-axis exposures simulating parachutes and water motion. Touchscreen tablets were used to administer pattern-replication tasks during and after profiles.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>\n<jats:bold>RESULTS:<\/jats:bold> A total of 46 subjects participated, including 4 diabetics and 9 with cardiac disease. There was increased frequency of motion sickness, subjectively associated with capsule-type profiles, and increased termination of participation compared to prior studies. There was no association between medical history, age, sex, or motion sickness history and tolerance or noncompletion. Tablet test errors were common; accuracy and time to completion were associated with age. There was no association between any time metric or accuracy and sex.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>\n<jats:bold>DISCUSSION:<\/jats:bold> This study improves understanding of layperson tolerance in commercial spaceflight analog conditions, and the capsular profiles broaden the applicability of the findings. The frequency of task errors highlights the potential for mistakes in operational activities when performed by laypersons.<\/jats:p>\n<jats:p>\n<jats:bold>Blue RS, Ong KM, Ray K, Menon A, Mateus J, Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor S, Shah R, Powers W. <jats:italic>Layperson physiological tolerance and operational performance in centrifuge-simulated spaceflight<\/jats:italic>. 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