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Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space
Magnificent Failure Free Fall from the Edge of Space
Author: Craig Ryan
The strange, exhilarating, and haunting story of the man who broke the world record for manned balloon altitude. 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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781588341419
ISBN-10: 1588341410
Publication Date: 10/2003
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Smithsonian
Book Type: Hardcover
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