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Testing the Limits

- Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight

About Testing the Limits

Describes the crucial f contributions of military flight surgeons who routinely risked their lives in test aircraft, research balloons, pressure chambers, or parachute harnesses. Maura Phillips Mackowski also reveals the little-known but vital contributions of German emigre scientists whose expertise created a hybrid specialty: space medicine.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781623498177
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 304
  • Published:
  • August 13, 2019
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: December 11, 2024

Description of Testing the Limits

Describes the crucial f contributions of military flight surgeons who routinely risked their lives in test aircraft, research balloons, pressure chambers, or parachute harnesses. Maura Phillips Mackowski also reveals the little-known but vital contributions of German emigre scientists whose expertise created a hybrid specialty: space medicine.

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