Balloonomania 2: The Pre-Space Race

Did you know that Ballooning was once an Olympic sport? This week, we're rejoined by Nicholas Slayton (@nslayton) to talk about balloons, specifically all the people who died trying to conquer the Stratosphere.

Find Nicholas' work here (taskandpurpose.com/author/nicholas-slayton) andhere (nslayton.substack.com)!

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Theme song by DJ Danarchy (youtube.com/channel/UCgpyHEDIUVk_QUVtWT3uWCA)

Sources

• The Pre-Astronauts, Craig Ryan

• Gaddafi article from the Independent