The Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space 2 Reviewshttp://books.google.com/books/about/The_Pre_Astronauts.html?id=1QS38bu9iTwC Naval Institute Press, 2003 - Science - 327 pages Looks at the history of the exploratory high-altitude balloon trips of the fifties and early sixties into the stratosphere, and the people that risked their lives to make the flights a success. |
