Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Sealab: America's Forgotten Quest To Live And Work On The Ocean FloorISBN13:9781439189849ISBN10:1439189846Author:Hellwarth, Ben (Author)Description:Sealab Is The Underwater Right Stuff The Compelling Story Of How A Us Navy Program Sought To Develop The Marine Equivalent Of The Space Station--And Forever Changed Man's Relationship To The Sea While Nasa Was Trying To Put A Man On The Moon, The Us Navy Launched A Series Of Daring Experiments To Prove That Divers Could Live And Work From A Sea-Floor Base When The First Underwater Habitat Called Sealab Was Tested In The Early 1960S, Conventional Dives Had Strict Depth Limits And Lasted For Only Minutes, Not The Hours And Even Days That The Visionaries Behind Sealab Wanted To Achieve--For Purposes Of Exploration, Scientific Research, And To Recover Submarines And Aircraft That Had Sunk Along The Continental Shelf The Unlikely Father Of Sealab, George Bond, Was A Colorful Former Country Doctor Who Joined The Navy Later In Life And Became Obsessed With These Unanswered Questions: How Long Can A Diver Stay Underwater? How Deep Can A Diver Go? Sealab Never Received The Attention It Deserved, Yet The Program Inspired Explorers Like Jacques Cousteau, Broke Age-Old Depth Barriers, And Revolutionized Deep-Sea Diving By Demonstrating That Living On The Seabed Was Not Science Fiction Today Divers On Commercial Oil Rigs And Navy Divers Engaged In Classified Missions Rely On Methods Pioneered During Sealab Sealab Is A True Story Of Heroism And Discovery: Men Unafraid To Test The Limits Of Physical Endurance To Conquer A Hostile Undersea Frontier It Is Also A Story Of Frustration And A Government Unwilling To Take The Same Risks Underwater That It Did In Space Ben Hellwarth, A Veteran Journalist, Interviewed Many Surviving Participants From The Three Sealab Experiments And Conducted Extensive Documentary Research To Write The First Comprehensive Account Of One Of The Most Important And Least Known Experiments In Us History Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:SIMON & SCHUSTERPublication Date:2017-03-25Weight:0.84 lbsDimensions:1.2'' H x 8.3'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:400Language:English
Price: 23.19 USD
Location: USA
End Time: 2024-11-03T04:03:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Sealab : America's Forgotten Quest to Live and Work ON the Ocean Floor
Item Length: 8.4in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Ben Hellwarth
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Water (Oceans, Lakes, Etc.), Earth Sciences / Oceanography, United States / 20th Century, Military / Naval, Marine & Naval
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science, History, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
