Ebook: Sealab: America's forgotten quest to live and work on the ocean floor
Author: Hellwarth Ben
- Tags: Deep diving--History--20th century, Divers--United States, Manned undersea research stations--History--20th century, Unterwasserlaboratorium, Manned undersea research stations, Project Sealab, Deep diving, Divers, Biography, Biographies, History, Nonfiction, United States. -- Navy -- Biography, United States. -- Navy, Manned undersea research stations -- History -- 20th century, Deep diving -- History -- 20th century, Divers -- United States -- Biography, United States, USA
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- City: New York;USA;United States
- Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed
- Language: English
- epub
The story of how a U.S. Navy program sought to develop the marine equivalent of the space station-- and forever changed man's relationship to the sea. We learn of men unafraid to test the limits of physical endurance to conquer a hostile undersea frontier-- and of a government unwilling to take the same risks underwater that it did in space.;A deep escape -- Diving -- Genesis -- Friendly rivals -- Depth and duration -- Experimental divers -- Deep loss, deeper thinking -- Triangle trials -- "Breathe!" -- The Tiltin' Hilton -- Lessons in survival -- The third team -- The damn hatch -- An investigation -- The oil patch -- The rivals' press on -- The projects -- Answers and questions.
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