An edition of The pre-astronauts (1995)

The Pre-Astronauts

Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space (Bluejacket Paperback Series)

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An edition of The pre-astronauts (1995)

The Pre-Astronauts

Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space (Bluejacket Paperback Series)

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Back in the 1950s and early 1960s, before liquid-fuel rockets had launched us full-sail onto what John Kennedy would call the "new ocean," a small fraternity of daring, brilliant men made the first exploratory trips into the upper stratosphere to the edge of outer space in tiny capsules suspended beneath plastic balloons. They saw things no one had ever seen, and they experienced conditions no one was sure they could survive.

This book tells the story of these brave and tenacious men as they labored on the cusp of a new age.

The author captures the drama of their spectacular achievements and those of many of the other space pioneers who made America's stratospheric balloon programs possible. Their now largely forgotten programs supplied many systems and processes adopted by NASA. Unfortunately, some of the valuable lessons they brought back from the edge of space were ignored - in at least one case, with disastrous consequences.

Craig Ryan's argument is compelling for the inclusion of these men's achievements in the broad history of space exploration and astronautics. In their day, before Gagarin and Glenn and American flags on the Sea of Tranquillity, these pre-astronauts were the space program.

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Language
English
Pages
344

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Cover of: The Pre-Astronauts
The Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space (Bluejacket Paperback Series)
March 31, 2003, US Naval Institute Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: The pre-astronauts
The pre-astronauts: manned ballooning on the threshold of space
1995, Naval Institute Press
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Library of Congress
TL620.R94A3 2003, TL618 .R95 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
344
Dimensions
8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8852411M
Internet Archive
preastronautsman0000ryan
ISBN 10
1591147484
ISBN 13
9781591147480
LCCN
2002075384
OCLC/WorldCat
50004098
Library Thing
1106042
Goodreads
1866443

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