The Case for Mars (63 page)

Panetta, Leon,
315

Perfluoromethane,
265

Pericles,
294

Perigee,
96

Perigee kicks,
105

Permian period,
35

Peroxides,
33
,
133

Phillips Lab, Albuquerque,
104

Phobos,
25
,
36
,
162

Phosphorus,
200
,
220

Photosynthesis,
195
,
197
–198,
269

Pillinger, Colin,
322

Pioneer-Venus 1 and
2,
70

Pioneer Venus Orbiter
,
125

Pioneer Venus Probe Carrier
,
125

Planetary Society,
291
,
292

Plastic manufacture,
182
–184

Platinum,
226

Pluto,
23

Polar caps,
25
,
28
,
186
,
187
,
249
,
251
–254,
256
,
258
,
260
,
263

Polaris,
161

Pollack, James,
266

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs),
313
,
318
–320

Positive feedback system,
250
–251,
262

Potassium,
197

“Preliminary Report of the Mars Study Group, The,”
71

Price, Steve,
52
,
155

Proton,
285

Psychological stresses,
126
–129

Ptolemy, Alexandria Claudius,
21

Public opinion,
275
–277

Pyrrhotite,
317
,
318

Quayle, Dan,
275

Radiation hazards,
10
,
13
,
81
,
83
,
95
,
114
–120

Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG),
190
,
191

Ramohali, Kumar,
43
,
152

Rapid-spin/short-arm artificial gravity systems,
123

Reagan, Ronald,
73

Regolith,
249
–251,
254
–258,
260
–262,
264

Rems,
114
–120

Renaissance,
20
–21

Reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction,
152
–153,
182
–183,
200

Risk issue,
13
–14,
43
,
44

Robotic self-assembly scheme,
53

Romanek, Chris,
311
,
312
,
314

Roman Empire,
300

RTG.
See
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)

Rubidium-strontium, 316

Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor,
22

Ruthenium,
150
,
155

RWGS.
See
Reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction

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

Sagan, Carl,
73
,
266
,
279
–282,
292
,
315

Sagan model,
279
–282,
291
,
292

Salts,
187
,
188

Samarium-neodymium,
316

Saturn V,
3
,
53
,
56
,
64
,
77
,
88
,
89
,
91
,
101
,
231

Scanning electron microscope,
312
,
320

Schallenmuller, Al,
52
,
64
,
66

Schiaparelli, Giovanni,
25
–26

Science
magazine,
314
,
315
,
319

Score, Roberta,
308
–310

SEI.
See
Space Exploration Initiative (SEI)

Shock events,
316
–317

Shortwave communication,
157
–159

Shuttle C,
56
,
62
,
106
,
286

Shuttle Z,
56
–58,
61
–62

Sievert,
114

Silane,
202
–204

Silicon,
200
–204

Silicon dioxide,
184
,
220

Single-stage-to-orbit vehicles (SSTOs),
101
,
106
–109,
228
,
233
,
241

Skylab space station,
70
,
88
,
121
,
122
,
137
,
146
,
175

Smectite clays,
188
,
197

SNC meteorites,
132
,
174
,
188
,
196
,
204
,
316
,
322

Sojourner
rover,
37
,
44

Solar electric ion drives,
101

Solar flares,
117
–120,
177
,
194
,
195
,
221
,
222

Solar max,
119

Solar power,
206
–207,
211
,
221

Solar sails,
101
,
234
,
242
–243,
263
–265

Solar thermal rockets (STRs),
101
,
102
,
104
–106

Solar wind,
243
–244

Solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) electrolyzers,
151

Soviet space program,
28
–29,
36
,
37
,
88
,
107
,
121
,
130
,
159
,
279
–282

Space doctors,
86
–87

Space Exploration Initiative (SEI),
46
–51,
64
–66,
73
,
88
,
103
,
104
,
273
–275

Space Frontier Foundation,
293

Space News
magazine,
315

Space Shuttle,
56
,
70
,
88
,
97
,
104
,
125
,
143
,
147
,
202
,
274

Space Station program,
48
,
65
,
121
,
150
,
151
,
274
,
280
–281

Space Transfer Vehicle (STV) program,
54

SPE.
See
Solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) electrolyzers Specific impulse,
60
,
102
,
228

Spencer, Bob,
63

Sponsorship,
215
,
231
–236

Sridhar, K. R.,
152