The Case for Mars (62 page)

Mars
96
orbiter,
159

Mars
Pathfinder
mission,
36
–37,
73
,
90
–91,
168
–169

283
–291

“Marsprojekt, Die,”
47

Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission,
40
–41

Mars Sample Return with In-Situ Propellant Production (MSR-ISPP) plan,
43
–44,
107
,
146
,
148
–156

Mars Science Working Group (MarsSWG),
322

Mars Semi-Direct plan,
67
–69

Mars
Surveyor ‘98
mission,
90
–91

Mars Underground,
65
,
70
–74

Martian Arctic,
186

Martin Marietta Astronautics,
2
,
38
,
44
,
51
–52,
154
–155,
174

Marx, Karl,
275

MAV.
See
Mars ascent vehicle (MAV) McDonnell Douglas DC-X,
106
,
285

McElroy, Jim,
154

McKay, Chris,
70
–72,
192
,
193
,
251
,
253
,
271

McKay, David,
308
,
312
–321

Mechanic (flight engineer),
85
,
86

Mercury program,
55

Metallurgy,
199
–205

Meteorite discoveries of 1996,
307
–323

Meteorites,
226

Methanation reaction,
5
,
150
–151,
153
,
155
–156,
183
,
197
,
201

Methane,
5
,
43
,
44
,
50
,
60
,
250
,
266
–267

Methane/oxygen propellant,
60
–61,
66
,
92
,
93
,
107
,
108
,
111
,
144
–146,
152
–155,
183
,
213
,
214
,
228
,
230
,
233

Meyer, Tom,
70
,
72
,
192
,
193

Microfossils,
312
–313,
321

Microprobe two-step laser microscopy,
318
–319

Mikulski, Barbara,
275

Miller, Jon D.,
276
–277,
291

Millirem,
114

Milton, John,
270

Minimum energy plan,
83

Mir space station,
121
,
281

Mittlefehldt, David,
310
–312

MOC.
See
Mars orbital capture (MOC)

MOR.
See
Mars Orbital Rendezvous (MOR) plan

Morris, Richard,
315

Mother-daughter isotope measurement,
316

MSR.
See
Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission

MSR-ISPP
See
Mars Sample Return with In-Situ Propellant Production (MSR-ISPP) plan

Muncy, Jim,
293

Murray, Bruce,
292

Murray, Robert,
63

Mushrooms,
199

Nagasaki,
115

Napoleon Bonaparte,
275

Napoleon III,
275

National Academy of Sciences,
116

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
36
,
46
,
47
,
51
,
52
,
54
,
56
,
57
,
59
,
64
–66,
70
,
71
,
73
,
80
,
88
,
91
,
92
,
102
–104,
106
,
107
,
150
,
154
,
274
,
275
,
279
,
280
,
285
,
286
,
307
,
308
,
314
–316,
321
–323

National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program,
240

National Commission on Space,
73

National Research Council,
116

National Space Society,
65
,
291
–293

Nautical mile,
162

Navigation, on Mars,
160
–162

NEP.
See
Nuclear electric propulsion (NEP)

NERVA.
See
Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program

Newsweek
,
68
,
275

Newton, Isaac,
24

Nickel,
150
,
200
,
225
,
226

NIMF.
See
Nuclear rocket using indigenous Martian fuel (NIMF) program

90-Day Report,
46
–48,
51
–54,
66
,
68
,
80
,
89
,
94
,
274
,
285

Nitrogen,
194
–197,
220
,
248
,
266
,
268
,
269

Nix Olympia,
29

Nixon, Richard M.,
55

28

Northrup Aviation,
308

Northwest Passage,
16
–18

NTRs.
See
Nuclear thermal rockets (NTRs)

Nuclear electric ion drives,
101

Nuclear electric propulsion (NEP),
228
–230,
242
,
264

Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program,
102
–104,
231

Nuclear power,
205
–206

Nuclear propulsion,
53
–58,
66

Nuclear rocket using indigenous Martian fuel (NIMF) program,
213
–215,
223

Nuclear thermal rockets (NTRs),
81
,
89
,
101
–107,
214
,
231
,
232

Oberth, Herman,
27

Olympus Mons,
29
,
30

O’Neill, Gerard,
194
,
292

Open real estate,
236
–238

Opposition-class mission,
79
–83,
90
,
94
,
95
,
119
,
120

Oppositions,
25
,
75
,
76

Orbiter space plane,
106

Orbiting mirrors,
252
,
263
–264,
268

Orchards,
199

Oxygen,
5
,
43
,
44
,
50
,
59
,
146
–148,
151
–153,
182
,
185
,
194
,
195
,
203
,
220
,
248
,
249
,
267270

Oxygen isotope analyis,
311

Ozone layer,
265
–267

Paine, Thomas O.,
73
,
137