Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space - Couverture rigide

Ryan, Craig

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1588341410 ISBN 13 : 9781588341419

Editeur : Smithsonian Books, 2003

Synopsis

Locked in a desperate Cold War race against the Soviets to find out if humans could survive in space and live through a free fall from space vehicles, the Pentagon gave civilian adventurer Nick Piantanida’s Project Strato-Jump little notice until May Day, 1966. Operating in the shadows of well-funded, high-visibility Air Force and Navy projects, the former truck driver and pet store owner set a new world record for manned balloon altitude. Rising more than 23 miles over the South Dakota prairie, Piantanida nearly perished trying to set the world record for the highest free fall parachute jump from that height. On his next attempt, he would not be so lucky. Part harrowing adventure story, part space history, part psychological portrait of an extraordinary risk-taker, this story fascinates and intrigues the armchair adventurer in all of us.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Author of The Preastronauts, Craig Ryan lives in Oregon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Smithsonian Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1588341410
• ISBN 13: 9781588341419
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible