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This chapter begins by chronicling the adventure-story-like early stages of manned scientific ballooning. It then summarizes the developments that led to the rise of modern scientific ballooning since the 1940s, which represents a technological demarcation line. This chapter also introduces the various worldwide organizations that conduct scientific ballooning in their respective countries. A brief summary of scientific ballooning is then given through introductory descriptions of the following chapters.
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Yajima, N., Imamura, T., Izutsu, N., Abe, T. (2009). Introduction. In: Scientific Ballooning. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09727-5_1
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