Index

 

2001: A Space Odyssey, 48

Aberdeen Proving Ground, 23

Advanced Research Projects Agency, 70

Aerobee, 91

aerodynamics, supersonic, 64

aeronomy, 42

Aerospace Corporation, 163

airplane, model, 2, 12

Alabama Power Company, 3

Allen, H. Julian (Harvey), 62

Alvarin, Thomas, 176

American Rocket Society, 91

Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, 165

Ames Research Center,19, 32, 50, 61, 62, 127, 130-135, 137, 146, 147, 155, 157, 158, 159, 161, 169, 172, 174, 181, 187, 188

Anders, William A., 107

Apollo 6, 107

Apollo 11, 51, 81, 125, 162, 170

Apollo 7, 79

Apollo 13, 114

Applied Physics Laboratory, 90

Archimedes, 123, 125

area rule, 67, 68

Armour Institute of Technology, 6, 7

Armstrong, Neil, 13, 162

Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 4, 23, 78, 79, 82, 104, 117, 128, 134, 155, 177

Army Signal Corps, 91

Arnold Engineering Development Center, 8

Asheville, N.C., 43

Ashton, Richard, 39-42, 167, 170, 171, 176

Astronuclear Laboratories, 94

Atlas, 68, 70, 78, 91

Atlas-Centaur, 115, 116

Auburn University, 79

AVCO Corporation, 8, 20, 65, 132

Aviation Week, 36

B-36, 103

Babcock and Wilcox, 80

Baltimore, Md., 15

Baltimore Polytechnic High School, 15, 16

Bartlesville, Okla., 7

Baton Rouge, La., 102

Bauer, Abraham, 60, 146, 147, 161, 187

Beacham, Henry, 20-21, 25, 92-93, 117, 130, 139, 148, 168, 181

bearings, 69

Beckwith, Ed, 36-37, 130, 144, 145, 167, 177, 181, 183, 187

Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 91

Bendix Corporation, 11, 23, 68

Berlin, Germany, 13

Biloxi, Miss., 76

Birmingham, Ala., 79

Blackwell, Henry, 176

Bloom, Isaac, 128

Boeing Aircraft, 11

Booz-Allen Hamilton, 180

Borman, Frank, 107

boundary layer, 75

Brandeis, Louis D., 20

Brayton system, 71, 72

Breakwell, John, 32

Bremerhaven, 8

Bronx High School of Science, 17

Brookhaven National Laboratories, 80

Brooklyn, N.Y., 9, 17, 18

Brooklyn College, 10, 18, 128

Brooklyn Polytechnic School, 19

Brooklyn Technical High School, 17, 18, 37, 38

Brown Engineering, 77

Browning, Sam, 79-82, 134, 138, 177

Buck Rogers, 3, 18

Bureau of Mines, 7

buzz, 64

California Institute of Technology, 13, 45, 69, 78

Cape Canaveral, 23, 36, 116, 162

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, 113

Cape Kennedy, 78

Carnegie Institute of Technology, 94

Carter, Jimmy, 137

Case Institute of Technology, 164

Case Western Reserve University, 38, 66

Cassirer, Bill, 64-66, 82, 127, 128, 131, 139, 143, 166, 167, 169, 176, 182

catalysis, 110

Catholic University, 48, 49, 95

Centaur, 68, 70, 83

Centreville, Ala., 2

Challenger, 81, 116, 178, 179, 180, 188, 190

Chance-Vought Aircraft, 103

Charlotte, N.C., 46

Chemstrand, 80

Chicago, Ill., 4, 29

Chrysler Corporation, 104

City College of New York, 38, 70

Clemson College, 112

Cleveland, Ohio, 109

Cleveland State University, 52, 109

Cohen, Ernest, 5-8, 25, 168, 172

Cold War, 82, 89, 162

Coleman, Morris, 35

College of the City of New York, 17

Collins, Ed, 46-47, 133, 142, 149, 167, 170, 176

composites, 70

computer pool, 43

computers, 73, 74, 75, 76, 98-100, 154-158

Connecticut Advanced Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, 80

Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair), 67, 68, 103, 104

contracting, 174-183

cooperative work-study program, 54, 69

Cornell University, 7, 64, 127

cryogenics, 69, 70

culture, institutional, 164-168

Cummings, Milton, 77

d'Annunzio, Gabriele, 93

Daimler, Gottlieb, 13

Davidson, Jim, 157, 159, 165, 166

Defense Reorganization Act, 163

Delta, 115, 116

Department of Transportation, 178

Depression, 2, 5, 6, 12, 25, 36, 102, 117

Destination Moon, 48

Diesel, Rudolf, 13

Doc Savage, 3

Dominic, Hans, 14

Donaldson, Pamela, 77, 107-109, 131, 146

Douglas Aircraft, 77

Downey, Calif.,17

draftsman, 16

drag, 63, 68

Duke Power, 178

Duke University, 20, 25

Dussault, Paul, 29-33

East St. Louis,Ill., 35

Eastman Kodak, 21, 92, 187

Eddington, Sir Arthur S., 3

Edmondson, Woody, 36

Electronic Research Center, 32, 33, 111

Ellis Island, 8

Emory University, 97

erector set, 6,14, 22

F-102, 67, 68

facilities engineers, 135

Ferri, Antonio, 64

Finch, Eleanor, 149, 180

Finn Engineering, 52

Florida Power, 23

fluid dynamics, 7, 50

Ford Aerospace, 115

Fort Belvoir, Va.,10

Fort Monmouth, N.J., 91

FORTRAN, 73, 75, 76

fracture mechanics, 70

gas dynamics, 95

Gemini project, 78, 108

General Dynamics, 68, 83

General Electric, 71

general schedule system, 137, 138, 139, 140

General Services Administration, 163

Georgia Institute of Technology, 67

Gl bill, 7, 17, 23, 27, 54, 55, 129

Glenn, John H., 67, 75

Goldbloom, Michael, 17, 25, 154, 156, 157, 160-170, 188, 189

Goddard, Robert H., 15, 78

Goddard Space Flight Center, 8, 21, 33, 49, 91, 92, 95, 96, 97, 101, 117, 130, 139, 147, 157, 168, 172 177, 181, 182, 187

Goode, Marilyn, 39, 42-44, 135, 167, 187

Great Society, 154

Grumman Corporation, 114

Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, 78

Guggenheim Foundation, 25

Guided Missile Development Division, 80

Guidonia, Italy, 93

H-1 engine, 104

Haise, Fred, 114

Hampton Institute, 43

Hampton, Va., 2, 19

Harvard University, 50

Hauser, Fred, 50-52, 127, 142, 170, 180, 188

heat sink, 66

heat transfer, 71

Heinlein, Robert A., 48

Herbert C. Hoover, 8

Hollywood, Calif., 11

Holst, Gustav, 1

Houston, Tex., 17

Hubble, Edwin P., 100

Hubble Space Telescope, 100, 101

Hughes, 115

Hunsaker, Jerome, 2

Huntsville, Ala., 4, 15

Huntsville Industrial Center, 77

hydrogen bomb, 61

hypersonic flight, 62, 63, 66

hypervelocity flight, 65

IBM, 75, 76, 98

icing, 69

Illinois Institute of Technology, 6

instruments, aircraft, 7

International Council of Scientific Unions, 91

International Geophysical Year, 91

International Polar Year, 91

J-2 engine, 81

J-57 engine, 67

Jackson, Mich., 12

Jacksonville University, 29

Jansen, Sandra, 73-76, 156

jet aircraft design, 77

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 92, 159, 163

Johnson, Lyndon B., 153

Johnson Space Center, 17, 34, 52, 53, 82, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113, 114, 131, 138, 140, 141, 144, 145, 148, 154, 171, 172, 173, 178, 179, 188

Joliet Junior College, 76

Jones, Bob, 21-25, 144, 146, 160, 175

Jung, 78

Jupiter C, 91

Jupiter engine, 104

Jupiter missile, 4, 23, 78

Kennedy, John F., 153, 189

Kennedy, Robert F., 153

Kennedy Space Center, 11, 27, 29, 112, 113, 115, 128, 135, 140, 141, 144, 148, 149, 160, 171, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 188

Korean War, 30, 54, 103

Kubrik, Stanley, 48

Kuritzky, Isaac, 25

Landsat, 92, 93

Landsat D, 100

Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 165, 166, 167

Langley Research Center, 2,19, 20, 26, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 61, 62, 64, 68, 82, 91, 106,127, 130, 132,133, 135, 139, 142, 144, 167, 169, 170, 171, 176, 181, 182, 183, 187

Large Space Telescope, 100

Lawrence, E.O., 61, 147

Le Bourget Air Field, 2

Leesburg, La., 107

Lewis Institute of Technology, 6

Lewis Research Center, 38, 45, 54, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 73, 134, 135, 138, 140, 144, 145, 149, 156, 157, 159, 164,165, 167, 171, 175, 176, 182

Ley, Willy, 34

libration point, 31, 32

life support systems, 110, 111

Lindbergh, Charles, 1, 2, 12, 25

Lipshutz, Joe, 127, 128, 137, 155, 158, 166

Lithuania, 5, 8, 9

Lockheed Missile Systems, 18

Lockheed Missiles and Spacecraft, 32

Lockwood, Richard, 49-50, 187

Los Alamos, N.M., 7

Los Angeles, Calif., 5,18

Louisiana State University, 102, 103

Lovell, James A. Jr., 107

Low, George, 33, 38

Luftwaffe, 14

Lynchburg College, 37

Lynchburg, Va., 36

Manhattan Project, 7, 163

Manned Space Center, 91

manned space flight vs space science, 90, 101

Marcellus, 123, 124

Mariner 4, 168

Marshall Space Flight Center, 4, 15, 31, 32, 51, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 101, 104, 106, 113, 126, 134, 138, 142, 143, 155, 158, 170, 171, 175, 177, 180, 183, 188

Martin Company, 16, 141, 154

Martin, Hank, 47-49, 96-97, 135, 168, 172, 173, 182

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2,13, 25, 111

matrix organization, 172, 173

McConnell, Robert, 138, 145, 165, 175, 182

McDonald, Sarah, 128, 155, 156, 158, 188

McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, 35, 36

Mclver, William, 37-39, 66-67, 130, 132, 159, 164

medical technology, 107

Mercury project, 36, 68, 78

Mercury Rankine System, 72

Miami Beach, Fla.,10

Michoud Assembly Facility, 104, 105

Middletown, N.Y., 9

Miller, Willie, 188

MITRE Corporation, 150

Monsanto Chemicals, 80

Morton Thiokol, 80

Mueller, Elizabeth, 97-101, 147

Multimission Modular Spacecraft, 100

NASA Headquarters, 39, 42, 83, 137, 145, 170, 178, 181, 183

NASA Office of Space Science and Applications, 101, 130

NASA Office of Space Sciences, 170

National Academy of Sciences, 91

National Bureau of Standards, 70, 175

National Defense Act, 55

National Die Casting, 7

National Endowment for the Humanities, 169

National Science Foundation, 126, 129, 169

National Youth Administration, 55

Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 21, 91, 92

Naval Research Laboratory, 21, 91, 92

Naval Reserve, 21

NAZI party, 2

NERVA, 94

New York City, 8

New York Stock Exchange, 112

New York University, 10, 25

Nimbus, 92, 93

Nixon, Richard M., 116

Norfolk State College, 41, 42

North Andover, Mass., 1

North American Aviation, 159

North Carolina State University, 46, 47

Northeastern State College, 107

Northrop Corporation, 18

Notre Dame University, 34, 51

nuclear propulsion, 134

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 178

nuclear warhead testing, 80

nuclear-powered bomber project, 103, 104

O'Day, Matthew, 44-46, 69-70, 176

O'Neill, Dan, 2-4, 25, 158, 180

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 60, 161

Oberth, Hermann, 13

occupational classifications, 126

Office of Naval Research, 129, 169

Officer Candidate School, 4, 10

Ohio State University, 73

Oil City, Pa., 52

Olsson, Jack, 130, 137, 143, 157, 159

Oneonta, N.Y., 28

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 61

orbital mechanics, 69

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, 99, 100, 157

Orbiting Solar Observatory, 99

Orbiting Test Satellite, 115

Ordnance Guided Missile Development Group, 15

Ostrach, Simon, 38

Ostrand, Robert, 140, 143, 144, 149, 157, 164, 171

Owen, Wilfred, 1

Parks College, 35

Peace Corps, 45

Peter Principle, 144

Petrovsky, Isaac, 8-12, 25

Pittsburgh, Pa., 21

Plutarch, 123, 124, 125, 136

Posen, Werner, 13-15, 25, 143, 149, 158, 170, 183

Pratt and Whitney, 80, 81, 113

Project Mercury, 64, 91, 98

Project Vanguard, 92

projects vs programs,168-174

propulsion, 69

propulsion systems, 160

radiation heat transfer, 96

ramjets, 64

Rand Corporation, 31, 90, 150, 163

RCA, 50, 115

Reagan, Ronald W., 105, 111, 178

Redstone Arsenal, 4, 15, 49, 162

Redstone engine, 104

Redstone missile, 23

reentry, 64, 65, 66

relativity, theory of, 3

Remington Rand, 75

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 29

Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 4, 10, 20, 25, 34, 80, 103, 129

Rice University, 53, 110

Robertson,John, 102-106, 117, 144, 148

Rochester, N.Y., 21

rocket propulsion, 81

rockets, 14, 15, 24, 34, 71, 90

Rockwell Corporation, 17

Roebling, Derek, 128, 129, 140, 182, 183, 188

Ross, Stanley, 32

Sabado, Herman, 146

Salyut, 189

Sanders, Bettylou, 145, 172

Saturn 1, 24

Saturn IB, 24, 79, 104

Saturn IC, 104

Saturn rocket, 81, 107

Saturn V, 78

science fiction, 14

Scout,116

Second Punic War, 123

semi-conductors, 47

Senior Executive Service, 137

sensitivity training, 145

Service Procurement Regulations, 163

Shepard, Alan B., 75

shock tube, 19, 62, 64, 65

Shuttle, 82, 105, 107, 109, 110, 111, 116, 180

Siebold, Philip, 15-17, 25, 141, 154, 179, 188

Sieger, George, 33-36, 54, 138, 140, 142, 143, 146, 173, 178, 179

Siemans, Ronald, 52-53, 109-111, 171, 179

simulator, orbital, 113, 114

SIRIO, 115

Skylab, 79, 107, 108, 111

Skyray, 77

Smith, Hank, 27-29, 128, 148, 179, 180, 188

Smoot-Hawley Tariff, 8

Solar Maximum Mission, 100

solar power system, 72

Songyin, John, 70-73, 134, 138, 167, 175

Space Age, 159

space medicine, 107, 108

space station, 53, 106, 111, 161, 171, 172, 173, 177, 179

Space Task Group, 36, 91, 98

Space Telescope, 172

Space Transportation System, 81, 99, 105, 109, 173, 179

space vehicles, 16, 17, 53, 64

spacecraft coordinator, 115

specific impulse, 68, 69

Sperry Gyroscope Company, 18, 160

Sputnik 1, 31, 159

St. Louis, Mo., 7

St. Petersburg, Fla., 21

St. Petersburg Junior College, 23

Stack, John, 167

Standard Spacecraft Computer, 99,100

Stanford University, 32, 50

Stern, Charles, 18-20, 25, 64-66, 132, 133, 145, 166

strain gauge, 70, 71

Strassen, Henry, 12-13, 25

stress analysis, 70, 71, 79

Strickland, David, 67-68, 132, 138, 173

Strong, Robert,1-2, 12, 25, 130, 133, 141, 142, 166, 183

structural analysis, 79, 83

Student Army Training Corps, 55

Super-Jupiter, 78

Supersonic Free Flying Wind Tunnel, 62

Sverdrup and Parcel, 7, 8

Swain, Thomas, 161, 165, 169, 174, 188

Symphonie, 115

Syracuse University, 21

Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power, 71

Technische Hochschule, 14

tektites, 66

Tennessee Valley Authority, 60, 161

The Johns Hopkins University, 16

thermal analysis, 96

thermal design, 49

thermodynamics, 7

Thompson, Floyd, 167

Thompson, J.R., 81

Thor, 78

Thor-Delta, 99

Three Mile Island, 178

throttle settings, 103

Titan, 116

Titan III, 17

Titan missile, 65, 78

Toledo, Ohio, 33, 44

Toscelli, Frank, 93-96, 117, 124-125, 157, 168, 177

Totten, Joseph, 76-79, 82, 126-127, 143, 146, 148, 155, 156, 180, 181, 183

Toussault, Paul, 130, 168, 172, 173, 177

trajectory analysis, 128

Treaty of Versailles, 78

Tsiolkovski, Konstantin, 78

Tufts University, 18

U.S. Air Force, 34, 35, 67, 79, 80, 102, 103, 116, 163, 166

U.S. Air Force Reserve, 4

U.S. Army, 23, 30, 91, 163, 174

U.S. Army Air Corps, 18, 19, 76

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 7, 29, 79

U.S. Department of Defense, 91

U.S. Naval Academy, 34

U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 31

U.S. Navy, 13, 17, 23, 29, 47, 67, 91, 166

U.S. Office of Strategic Services, 93

UNIVAC, 74, 75, 76

University of Alabama, 3, 4, 128

University of California at Los Angeles, 31

University of Detroit, 44

University of Florida, 23, 27, 29

University of Houston, 107, 131

University of Illinois, 6, 31, 76

University of London, 32

University of Maryland, 95

University of Michigan, 12, 25, 67, 68, 164

University of Missouri, 60

University of Naples, 94

University of Pittsburgh, 94

University of Rochester, 21, 92

University of Tennessee, 61

University of Virginia, 19, 42, 49

University of Wichita, 7

 

Vanguard program, 21, 91

Veterans' Continuation School, 4

Vietnam War, 51, 54, 153

Viking, 78, 91

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 37, 49

Virginia State College, 43

von Braun, Wernher, 4, 13, 14, 15, 34, 78, 80, 82, 162, 183

von Hoffman, A.W., 13

von Siemans, Werner, 13

 

Washington, D.C., 20

weapons analysis, 92

Webb, James E., 146

Westinghouse Airbrake, 94

Whitcomb, Richard T., 67, 68

White Oak, Md., 21

Whitebread, Dennis, 158

William and Mary College, 37

Williams, Richard, 112-117, 140, 141, 148, 177

Willimantic, Conn., 18

wind tunnel, 8, 37, 62, 67, 73, 76

Woodbury, N. J., 48

World War I, 55

World War II,10, 14, 18, 19, 25, 26, 29, 33, 36, 37, 52, 53, 89, 90, 93, 117, 129, 174, 189

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, 176

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