When the Air Force had a guy jump from the edge of space
By: Nicholas Slayton | Published: 2026-01-20 13:00:00 | Source: taskandpurpose.com
By the late 1950s, the Space Race was dominating the Cold War, the United States military was rapidly testing advanced fighter jets and looking at how it could build out its rocket arsenal both for offensive use and to send Americans into space. And then they hit a snag.
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The U.S. military had so rapidly built out its new aircraft that it had a new problem. Jets, like the X-15, could…
