LEADER 00000cam a22003854a 4500 001 16730963 005 20130516140121.0 008 110411s2012 nyuaf b 001 0deng 010 2011015725 020 9780743247450 020 9781439180426 (ebook) 035 (OCoLC)ocn464593094 040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dIEU|dZS3|dBWX|dFER|dCDX|dVP@ |dBDX|dSTF|dILC|dDLC 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 GC66|b.H45 2012 082 00 551.460973|222 100 1 Hellwarth, Ben. 245 10 Sealab :|bAmerica's forgotten quest to live and work on the ocean floor /|cBen Hellwarth. 250 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 260 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|cc2012. 300 388 p., [16] p. of plates :|bill. ;|c25 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 610 10 United States.|bNavy|vBiography. 650 0 Project Sealab. 650 0 Manned undersea research stations|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Deep diving|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Divers|zUnited States|vBiography.
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