The Pre-Astronauts - Paperback
by Craig Ryan
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Language:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781591147480ISBN-10:1591147484UPC:9781591147480Book Category:Technology & Engineering, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Aeronautics & Astronautics, History, MilitaryBook Topic:Aviation & SpaceSize:9.18 x 6.06 x 0.86 inchesWeight:1.2302Product ID:SCBEVQ1DX5
The Pre-Astronauts
Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space
In the 1950s and early 1960s, a small fraternity of daring, brilliant men made the first exploratory trips into the upper stratosphere, reaching the edge of outer space in tiny capsules suspended beneath plastic balloons. This book tells the story of these tenacious men as they labored on the cusp of a new age, seeing things that no one...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:US Naval Institute PressISBN-13:9781591147480ISBN-10:1591147484UPC:9781591147480Book Category:Technology & Engineering, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Aeronautics & Astronautics, History, MilitaryBook Topic:Aviation & SpaceSize:9.18 x 6.06 x 0.86 inchesWeight:1.2302Product ID:SCBEVQ1DX5
Ryan, Craig: - Craig Ryan graduated from Reed College in 1977 with a BA in English literature. He spent two years in the Brown University Writer's Workshop, where he was awarded the Feldman Prize for Short Fiction. He received an MA in English literature and writing from Brown in 1982 and won the Transatlantic Review Award for New Fiction the following Year. He is also the author of two travel...
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
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