Testing the Limits
Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight
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2005
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-58544-439-7 (ISBN)
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-58544-439-7 (ISBN)
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In this book, the author describes the crucial foundational contributions of military flight surgeons who risked their lives and reveals the little-known but vital contributions of German emigre scientists whose expertise in areas unknown to Americans created a hybrid specialty: space medicine.
In 1958 the United States launched its first satellite and created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). By 1961 NASA was confident enough to put a human being into space thanks to decades of military medical research. Efforts at Wright Field and the army's School of Aviation Medicine, a world-class research institution, were the real reason for the successful start to America's manned space program. In "Testing the Limits", Maura Phillips Mackowski describes the crucial foundational contributions of military flight surgeons who routinely risked their lives in test aircraft, research balloons, pressure chambers, rocket-propelled sleds, or parachute harnesses. Drawing on rare primary sources and interviews, Mackowski also reveals the little-known but vital contributions of German emigre scientists whose expertise in areas unknown to Americans created a hybrid specialty: space medicine. Mackowski reveals new details on human acromedical experimentation at Dachau, Washington's decision to limit astronaut status to males, and the choice to freeze the air force out of the research specialty it had created and brought to fruition.
In 1958 the United States launched its first satellite and created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). By 1961 NASA was confident enough to put a human being into space thanks to decades of military medical research. Efforts at Wright Field and the army's School of Aviation Medicine, a world-class research institution, were the real reason for the successful start to America's manned space program. In "Testing the Limits", Maura Phillips Mackowski describes the crucial foundational contributions of military flight surgeons who routinely risked their lives in test aircraft, research balloons, pressure chambers, rocket-propelled sleds, or parachute harnesses. Drawing on rare primary sources and interviews, Mackowski also reveals the little-known but vital contributions of German emigre scientists whose expertise in areas unknown to Americans created a hybrid specialty: space medicine. Mackowski reveals new details on human acromedical experimentation at Dachau, Washington's decision to limit astronaut status to males, and the choice to freeze the air force out of the research specialty it had created and brought to fruition.
For more than ten years, MAURA PHILLIPS MACKOWSKI, who holds a Ph.D. in history, worked as a freelance writer covering high-tech topics particularly centered on aerospace. Now a resident of Gilbert, Arizona, she teaches history at Arizona State University.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.3.2006 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Centennial of Flight Series ; No. 15 |
| Zusatzinfo | 40 b&w photos, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | College Station |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-58544-439-1 / 1585444391 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-58544-439-7 / 9781585444397 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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