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INDEX

Abort options and backup plans,
95
–101

Advanced Miniature High Frequency System (AMH
FS),
158
–159

Advanced space transportation systems,
101
–109,
224
,
240
–246

Aerobraking,
52
,
58
,
63
,
80
,
84
,
89
–90

Aerocapture,
90
,
97
–98

Aeroshells,
4
,
89
,
90

Aerospace America,
65

Airbag system,
37

Air-breathing supersonic ramjet propulsion,
234
,
240
–241

Albrecht, Mark,
274

Aldrin, Buzz,
45
,
234
,
292

ALH84001,
307
–322

Allan Hills Far Western icefield (the Pinnacles),
308
–311

Alpha Cephei,
161

Alumina oxide,
220

Aluminum,
201

Amazonia,
209

AMHFS. See Advanced Miniature High Frequency System (AMHFS)

Ammonia,
250
,
266
–267

Amundsen, Roald,
16
–18,
86

Andrews, Dana,
244

Antarctic exploration,
212

Antarctic Meteorite Lab, Johnson Space Center,
308
,
309

Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter,
310
,
311

Anti-nuclear movement,
103

Apogee,
97

Apollo 13 mission,
83

Apollo program,
3
,
45
,
54
,
55
,
58
–59,
70
,
77
–78,
87
,
88
,
99
,
137
,
142
,
143
,
146
,
273
–274,
277
–279

Arcadia,
209

Areogator,
167
–169

Ares booster,
3
,
6
–9,
13
,
61
–63,
67
,
88
,
286

Argon propellant,
228

Argos satellite system,
160
–161

Ariane,
280

Aristarchus of Samos,
22
,
23

Aristotle,
23

Armstrong, Neil,
45

Artificial gravity systems,
61
–62,
122
–126

Ash, Robert,
43
,
60
–61,
152

Asteroid belt,
225
–230

Astronomy, early,
21
–25

Atmosphere of Mars,
25
,
27
,
34
,
39
,
57
,
129
,
130
,
136
,
140
,
145
,
146
,
148
,
149
,
177
,
192
,
194
,
222
,
249
–251

Atmospheric pressure,
251
–256, 272

Attentive public,
276
–277

Austin, Gene,
64

Back contamination,
113
,
132
–135

Bacterial ecosystems,
250
,
263
,
266
–268

Bacterial stromatelites,
140

Baker, David,
52
,
54
–56,
62
–66,
73
,
88
,
223

Ballhaus, Bill,
66

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization,
106

Bar, defined,
249

Barth, Charles,
71

Base-building period,
165
,
171
–215,
218

brick manufacture,
174
–175,
187
–188

ceramic and glass production,
184
–185

founding base,
173

greenhouse agriculture,
181
,
195
–199

habitation,
175
–181

metallurgy,
199
–205

plastic manufacture,
182
–184

power,
205
–211

support of long-range mobility,
212
–215

tapping water,
185
–193

Beagle
spacecraft,
6
–9

BEIR.
See
Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) report

Biogeochemist,
86
,
87

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) report,
116
–117

<3772uote>Boron,
203

Borowski, Stan,
103
,
104

Boston, Penelope,
70
–72

Boyd, Robert,
174

Bradford, William,
217

Brahe, Tycho,
22
–23

Breton, Pierre,
17

Brick manufacture,
174
–175,
187
–188

Brines,
187

Bruckner, Adam,
192

Bruno, Giordano,
20
–22

Brute-force plan,
40
–41,
43

Burroughs, Edgar Rice,
26

Bush, George,
45
–46,
73
,
74
,
273
–275

Canali,
26
,
29