Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration

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Index Abdalati, Waleed, 246 Abelson, Phil, 32 aerobraking, 143–44 Ahrens, Thomas, 134–35 Air Force, U.S., 18, 94 Albrecht, Mark, 105, 106, 111 Alexander, Joseph, 191 Allen, Lew, 99, 102 American Astronomical Society, 141, 247 American Geophysical Union, 247, 255 Ames Research Center, 14, 44, 107, 109; and astrobiology, 14, 24, 82–83, 126, 141–42, 145, 263 Andromeda Strain, 150 Apollo Applications Program, 38–39 “Apollo on Steroids,” 194 Apollo program, 38–39, 123, 257, 267; fire of 1967 in, 39; impact of, 29–30; Moon landing by, 41, 45, 123 Applied Physics Lab, 110 Ares I and V, 233 Arizona State University, 119, 120, 262 Armstrong, Neil, 45, 123, 254, 264 Aron, John, 100 asteroid projects, 7, 110, 198, 233 astrobiology and exobiology, 66, 136, 145, 173–74; Ames Research Center and, 14, 24, 82–83, 126, 141–42, 145, 263; coining of terms, 24, 141; revival of, 125–26, 263; Viking’s failure to find life and, 76, 82, 267. See also Mars — search for life Astrobiology Field Laboratory, 199, 203 Astrobiology Institute, 141–42, 145 Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee, 194–95 Atomic Energy Commission, 21 Augustine, Norman, 228, 230–32 automated biology laboratory, 56, 62, 75 Bagenal, Frances, 215 Baker, Howard, 86 Baltimore, David, 158 Barth, Charles, 80, 87 Beckman, John, 79 Beebe, Rita, 197 Beggs, James, 84–86, 88, 93 Biemann, Klaus, 69 big science, 13, 84, 225–26, 263; as target of budget cutters, 14–15, 264; what it is, 4–5, 24, 198 Blumberg, Baruch, 145, 150 Boehlert, Sherwood, 185, 197 Bolden, Charles, 230–32, 247–48, 265; background of, 245, 246; becomes NASA Administrator, 228, 230, 270–71; and ESA partnership, 239, 240, 241, 242–43; integrated strategy of, 245–46; and Mars Next Decade, 9, 253, 260; on MSR, 254, 271 Bolton, Josh, 196 Boxer, Barbara, 141 Boyce, Joseph, 107, 144 Boynton, William, 219 Bradbury, Ray, 18, 50 Braun, Robert, 213–14 Briggs, Geoffrey, 79, 85, 102, 109; Mars focus of, 86, 90, 98; on Mars rover projects, 98–99, 107 Britain, 239 Bureau of the Budget (BOB), 46, 47. See also Office of Management and Budget 310 Index Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 18 Bush, George H. W., 100, 104; Moon-Mars Initiative of, 7, 91, 104–9 Bush, George W., 167, 178, 185, 213; continuity and change in space policy of, 168–70, 173–74; meetings with NASA by, 179, 196; Moon-Mars focus of, 187, 189, 228; Vision for Space Exploration of, 7, 180, 195–96, 269 California Institute of Technology, 14, 20, 25, 26, 86 cameras, 102, 119, 236 Cameron, James, 236 Carberry, Chris, 248–49 Carr, Michael, 51, 64, 114, 115–16, 162; on Mars and life, 129, 247 Carson, Johnny, 66, 82 Carter, Jimmy, 73, 75, 77, 78, 100 Casani, John, 27–28, 31, 157 Case for Mars, The (Zubrin), 130 Case for Mars conference, 130 Cassini mission, 5, 98 Chaikin, Andrew, 50, 262 Challenger disaster (1986), 90–91, 93, 94, 268 Chang, Sherwood, 82 Chen, Allen, 2, 251 Cheney, Dick, 169, 173, 178, 179, 196 China, 231–32 Christensen, Philip, 119, 209, 214 Clark, Ben, 80 Clarke, Arthur, 18, 50, 161 Cleave, Mary, 192–93, 198, 206 climate change, 138, 212, 268 Clinton, Bill, 3, 117, 142, 147; on Mars exploration as priority, 155–56; and meteorite from Mars, 132, 133, 134, 271; and NASA budget, 124, 128, 139–40, 148; National Space Policy issued by, 136–37; and space station, 118, 123, 137 Cohen, Aaron, 99, 105 Cold War, 20, 88, 106; and Mars race, 8, 28–29, 43, 61, 74, 266 Colliers, 19 Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), 176, 178 Columbia disaster (2003), 168, 176–77; using it to advance, 178–79 Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby, 98 Commercial Crew Program, 247 Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX), 102 Compton, Dale, 109 Congress, 46, 59, 77, 96, 122, 124, 225; Columbia disaster hearings by, 178; and first Voyager, 35, 39, 40, 266; and G. W. Bush White House, 184–85, 186, 205; and Obama White House, 232, 233, 242, 247–48; opposition to Moon-Mars initiative in, 106–7, 111; on Young report, 158 Constellation, 190, 194, 195, 196, 232; Orion-Ares I as first phase of, 195, 205–6 contamination, 149–50 Cook, Richard, 201, 226, 252 Cortright, Edgar, 36, 40, 42–43, 57, 72 Cosmic Connection, The (Sagan), 66 Cosmos, 76 Cronkite, Walter, 147 Curiosity: camera of, 236; landing of, 1–2, 9, 244, 250–52, 258; momentum...