Exploring Near Space: Scientific Ballooning and the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781475231946)

Henry C. Dethloff, Prof. Emeritus, Texas A&M University, received the BA from the University of Texas, MA Northwestern State Unversity-Louisiana, and Ph.D. University of Missouri. He served on active duty in the Navy, Ensign to Lt.Jg. (1956-1958) and in the reserves. He taught at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (1962-1969), and Texas A&M University (1969-1999), and served as Department Head (1980-1985), and member of the Texas A&M University Press Advisory Committee (1976-1997). Publications include: Suddenly, Tomorrow Came...A History of Johnson Space Center (NASA SP-4307), 1993) and with Ronald A. Schorn, To the Outer Planets and Beyond: Voyager's Grand Tour (Smithsonian Institute Press, 2003); The Centennial History of Texas A&M University, 1876-1976 (2 vols.); Texas Aggies Go to War: In Service of Their Country, 1898-2000 (with John A. Adams, Jr./ Texas A&M University Press, 2005); The U.S. and the Global Economy Since 1945 (Harcourt Brace, 1997); Americans and Free Enterprise (Prentice Hall, 1979), and is co-author with Keith L. Bryant, A History of American Business (Prentice Hall, 1983; rev. 1989). He has authored other books and articles relating to American business, economic, and agricultural history. His NASA-sponsored Exploring Near Space: Scientific Ballooning and the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (2012) is available in an electronic and copy-on-demand format from Amazon.com. He is president, Intaglio Research (1982-2012) which specializes in research and writing historical monographs in collaboration with relevant specialists, on technical subjects for a general audience.