02069cam a2200349 4500 681529090 TxAuBib 110411s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011015725 9780743247450 0743247450 9781439180426 ebook 1439180423 ebook (OCoLC)464593094 TxAuBib Hellwarth, Ben. Sealab : America's forgotten quest to live and work on the ocean floor / Ben Hellwarth. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. 388 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. HARDCOVER 388 PAGES. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. United States Navy Biography. Deep diving - AD LIT History 20th century. Divers - AD LIT United States Biography. Manned undersea research stations - AD LIT History 20th century. Project Sealab - AD LIT. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011015725-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1109/2011015725-d.html Publisher description