| Show brave russians find death in stratosphere I 1 in the days of greek mythology I 1 icarus the son ot of tied from crete to escape the wrath of 0 minos with his father the young mau man Is fabled to have ascended into the stratosphere on wings hinss fastened to his body by wax in defiance de flance of his fathers warning icarus flew too near the sun ne fie lost his wings when the heat melted their wax attachments tach ments and fell into the aegean sea between the and carla caria since known as the sea the old myth sounds a bit strange since modern balloonists have abec ascended n ded twelve or thirteen miles above the earth and found extremely rigid frigid temperatures and a rarity of atmosphere in which no being could live yet the fate of tile the three russians who set a new altitude record and lost their lives in the descent affords a modern version of the ancient theme they paid with their lives for the privilege of ascending to heights geots never before reached by human beings like icarus their names will be chronicled in the select lists of those who dared all for achievement and by their very failure became immortal Was washington lillig lon rest post |
