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by: Gregory P. Kennedy
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 358.400973
EAN: 9780764327889
ISBN: 0764327887
Label: Schiffer Publishing
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: August 15, 2007
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Sales Rank: 543399
Studio: Schiffer Publishing
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Book Description:
Project Manhigh took humans to the threshold of space using balloons. In the 1950s, a small band of Air Force doctors were on the cutting edge of the United States' space research programs. Working at the Aeromedical Field Laboratory at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico, they used balloons to carry laboratory animals followed by human pilots above 99% of the atmosphere. Drawing upon flight reports and technical data, this book documents Project Manhigh and the high altitude flights that preceded it. The Manhigh flights were, in many ways, prototypes for future space missions. On each of the three flights, the Air Force placed a lone pilot in a sealed capsule nineteen miles above the ground. At such extreme altitudes, the pilots were well within the functional equivalent of outer space and needed the sealed capsule to survive. Manhigh existed prior to the creation of NASA and helped pave the way for human space exploration.
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Rating: - A fascinating book that does the Manhigh Project proud
I had the opportunity to read this book just before my visit to Crosby,
Minnesota for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Project Manhigh. I also
had the distinct pleasure of meeting Dr. David Simons as well. This is a
story that needed to be told and Mr Kennedy has done just that with an
evident amount of research, technical data and a wonderful array of photo
graphic content. The read is also entertaining in places as well so it
does not become strained reading ... Read More
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