A-2 Test Stand, and foundation, 72; 73; 87; and S-II rocket, 104; and adverse conditions, 111; and A-2 modifications, 119; and S-II stage, 138
ABMA, Army Ballistic Missile Agency Development Operations Division, Redstone Arsenal, and transfer to NASA's, Saturn Program and to NASA, 5
Acoustic-Buffer Zone, and Gainesville easement area, 29; 33; 190; and relocation costs and payment options, 35; and moonshine, 83; and shuttle engine testing, 190
Acoustics Laboratory, MTF, and sound propagation, 125-127
Activation and Operation (A&O), and personnel, 97
Administrator Thomas Paine, 167; and Saturn V flight-certification tests, 173; and NASA-MSFC MTF Downmoding Plan, 180; and Skylab, 209
Advanced Atmospheric Sounding Station, and acoustical horn, 41, 126
Advanced Launch System (ALS), 341; 367; 369; 381; and President Ronald Reagan's support, 382; and NSTL as available site for testing, 382
Advanced Planning Division, and CTF, 383
Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM), 341; 345; 367; 369; and canceled by President Bush, (1992), 376; and terminated by Congress, (1993), 376; 403; 414
Advisory Council, Manned Space Flight, NASA, 79
AE, Applications Engineering, 202, and mission, 203
AE-ERL Consolidation Effort, 259
Aerojet Solid Propulsion Company, 212
Aerojet-General, and ICS Phase 1, 64
Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee, and Kerr, 7; and Sen. Stennis, 161; and Sen. Moss, 213
AFL-CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, 57-58
Agriculture and Forestry Committee, and Sen. Eastland, 161
Air Force One, and President Nixon's arrival in Gulfport after Hurricane Camille, 157
Aker, Charles, 34
Aldrich, Arnold, director of National Space Transportation System, 352
Aldridge, Air Force Secretary Edward C., 383
Aldrin, Jr., Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz," and Gemini 11, 124; and Apollo 11, 147-148
All-Systems Test Stage (S-II-T), and transfer from Seal Beach, California, 94; and testing delay, 111
Allain, Mississippi Governor William "Bill," and Mississippi Technology Transfer Center, 337; 339; and Chief of Staff Charles Deaton, 340; and Technology Transfer Center dedication, 341
Alligators, 51
"Alligator Award," certificate, and motivational use, 91
American Rocket Company, and low-cost hybrid rocket propulsion, 385
Ames, Greg, and NSTL veteran engineer, 282
Anders, Astronaut William A., 143
Anderson, James "Jim," and image-enhancement techniques for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance scans, 313
Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood, 38
Apollo 1, and astronaut deaths, 125
Apollo 13, and explosion in space, 173
Apollo 4, 139; 142
Apollo 6, 142
Apollo 7, 142
Apollo 8, 143-144
Apollo Era, 243
Apollo Program, and lunar landing 1; 2; and supporting space facilities, 11; and site-selection committee, 11; 27; 62; 69; and emerging leaders, 84-85; and post-Apollo dilemma, 130-133; and future with MSFC, 131; and inception, 142; 163; 170; post-Apollo years, 176; and test-firing record, 190; and Space Shuttle, 192; 201; 226; 277; 411; 423
Applications Engineering (AE), 202; and mission, 203; 236-237; 239-242; 247; 253; 258; 396
Appropriations Committee, and Sen. Stennis, 121, 193-194; and Sen. Ellender, 174, 193-194; and MTF environmental center, 175; and "set-aside" fund, 194
Arbuthnot, Richard "Rick," and Chief of NASA Human Resources Office, 415
Armed Services Committee and Sen. Stennis, 121; 161; 174; 200
Armstrong, Astronaut Neil, 147-149
Army Ammunition Plant, 228
Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Development Operations Division, Redstone Arsenal, and transfer to NASA's, Saturn program and to NASA, 5
Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, and Van King, 134
Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), 366; 426
Artley, Gordon, and Apollo test program, 85; and schedule slippage, 86; and recommendation by Brigadier Gen. Edmund F.L. O'Connor, 87; and COG, 90; 101-102; and motivation factor, 111; and move to KSC, 118, 129
Augustine Committee Report, and Mission to Planet Earth and Mission from Planet Earth, 370; and see also Norman R. Augustine, 370
Augustine, Norman R., and appointed chairman of Advisor committee on future of U.S. Space Program Task Force, 370
Auter, Henry F., and Electrical Systems Engineering Branch 61; and site activation plans, 90; and Projects Control Office, 108; and test manager, 118; and MSFC test engineer, 120; 129; and Heimburg, 130; and briefing of astronauts, 157; and Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise family, 174; 178; 225-227; 229; 236-237; 244; 246; 250; 257; 265; 271; and retirement, 303, 417; 418
Ayers, Capt. James, and Naval Oceanographic Office, 218; 229; 233; 246
B-1 Test Position, 367;
B-1/B-2 Test Stand; and foundation, 72; 73; and Saturn V first-stage booster, 124; and readiness, 127; and modifications, 336; and construction begins on B-1 position, 336
Bach, Richard, and aviator and author, 421
Baggette, Thomas "Tom," and NAA S-II test conductor, 112-113; 120; 284; 410
Balch, Jackson M., NASA, Test Site Manager, 93; and management assignments, 97-98; and biographical information, 98-100; and McArthur, Gen. Douglas, 100; and Roger Bilstein, 101; and NASA employees, 102; and NASA-MTF group charter, 104; and announcement of first static-firing date, 105; and NASA-MTF group appointments, 108; and media, 117; and town meeting, 118-119; and MTF changes, 120-123; and Sen. Stennis and von Braun meeting, 129; and Heimburg management differences, 130; and post-Apollo dilemma, 130-134; and The Wall Street Journal, 135-136; and Sen. Stennis, 139-140; and Apollo 8, 144; and Hurricane Camille, 152-156; and possible MTF closure, 159-162; and marketing, 163-166, 185; and multiagency concept, 171, 201; and congressional support, 172; and presentation to President of Balch group paper for "Future Utilization Of The MTF," 173; and satellites, 175; and first resident agency of multiagency MTF, 176-178; and "crossroads of science," 179; and awards ceremony, 182-184; Space Shuttle proposal, 186, 189-190; and Space Shuttle test program, 187, 207; and "set-aside" fund policy, 194; and reinventing MTF, 195; and MTF Project Liaison Office, 197; 202; and resident agencies, 202; and Interstate Environment Compact bill 204; 211; 213; and MTF renaming, 215; 216-217; 219; 222; 225; and retires, 228; 238-239; 249; 256; 269; 303; and Hurricane Camille's aftermath, 327; 363-364; 365; 396; 401; 411; 416-417
"Balchites," and Jackson Balch, 172
Bankston, Dr. P. Talmadge "Tal," Mississippi Office of Science and Technology director, 165; and chief, State Liaison and Coordinating Office, 338; 340
Barbados Oceanographic Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX), and Dr. Kuettner, 141; and Van King, 142; MTF conference, 145; 163; 165; 175; 216
Barlow, Robert "Bob," and Environmental Systems Development Team, 243; and appointed "promoter of technology utilization," 401
Barnett, Mississippi Gov. Ross, 23; 58-59; 62; 338; 341
Barrentine, Will, GE, 120
Bascule Bridge, 74-76
Batson, Obed E. "Dusty," 52
Baxter, Jr., Roy, 21-23; 213; 270; 419
Baxter, Sr., Mrs. Roy, 42
Bay of Pigs, and Cold War, 6
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 20; 66; 155; and Chamber of Commerce, 231
Bayh, Senator Birch, and Senate Public Works Disaster Relief Committee, 169
Beasley, George, and Gordon Artley, 90
Beatty, Col. Roy P., Corps of Engineers, 84
Bechtel, 334
Beggs, NASA Administrator James, 339
Bennett, Cheryl, and biographical information, 402
Betsy, Hurricane, 18; and damage from, 106
"Big Four," and first MTO managers, 84
Biloxi, Mississippi, 20; 68; and von Braun keynote speech, 85
Biloxi-Gulfport Regional Airport, 233
Bilstein, Roger, Historian, and Jackson Balch, 101
Birmingham (Alabama) News, The, and B.J. Riche story, 160
Blenis, Dan, 145
Board of Economic Development, 339
Boatswain's Mate, John C. Stennis Space Center renaming and dedication, 247
Boeing Company, 46; 61; 77; 80; and S-II program acceleration, 94; 101-102; 124, 130; and test teams, 137; and last booster stage (S-IC-15) 181; and loss of jobs, 185
Boggs, U.S. Representative Hale, Democratic Whip, and congressional influence, 161; 169
Boggs, U.S. Representative Lyndy, 212
BOMEX, Barbados Oceanographic Meteorological Experiment, and Dr. Kuettner, 141; and Van King, 142; MTF conference, 145; 163; 165-166; 175; 216
Booster Stage (S-IC), and RP-1 kerosene, 378
Borman, Astronaut Frank, 143-144; 150
Boyland, Jim, 89
Brannon, David, and Space Remote Sensing Center, 319; 392-394; and Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program, (EOCAP), 395; 409; 414; and ZBR presentation, 426
Bridwell, G.P. "Porter," and MSFC director, 424
Broadway Maintenance Corporation, 65
Brown, Joseph "Joe," 285
Bruce, Robert, and chief of Advanced Planning Division, 383; 384; and chief of Advanced Program development, 385; and ZBR presentation, 426
Bryant, Coach Paul "Bear," 418-19
Budget cuts, 298
Budget, base support, FY 1963 and FY 1964, 54
Buffer Zone, Acoustic-, and easement area, 29-30; 33; and relocation costs and payment options, 35; and moonshine, 83; and shuttle engine testing, 190
Buffington, Rex, and Sen. Stennis, 14
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, 57
Bumpers, Arkansas Gov. Dale, and MTF environmental movement, 161; 204
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 166; 168; and regional Gulf Coast Environmental Center proposal, 173; and locating to MTF, 181
Burke, E.A., 258
Burke, Eugene A. "Gene," and MTF Site Operations Office, 134; and Hurricane Camille alert, 150
Burke, Julian T., commandant, Sixth Naval District, 246
Bush, Al, 282
Bush, President George, 361; 364; and ASRM, 376; and Administration, 376; and Space Exploration Initiative (SEI), 384; 411
Bush, Robert A."Bob," and Saturn testing, 108; and Saturn S-II manager, 112, 118, 130; 149; and Shuttle Engine Test Program, 207; 220; and NSTL SSME Resident Manager, 280; 282-283; 290; 297; and White Paper, 332; 410
C&I, Construction and Installation, and personnel, 97
C.H. Leavell Company, 65
Cabell, Charles P., USAF, and Webb Advisory Group visit, 105
Caldarelli, David, 207
Callahan, R.V. "Bob", 258; 263; 271
Campbell, Curtis, 285
Camille Recovery Task Force, MTF, 156
Camille, Hurricane, 18; 123; 150; and MTF/NASA-MTF employees, 153; and Richelieu Apartment deaths, 154; and MTF future, 162; and Dr. Low announcement, 169; and possible cut of MTF employees after hurricane, devastation, 174
Canals, and navigation lock system, 50; and completion/ activation phases, 87
Cape Canaveral, Florida, and rocket launch site, 10; 227; NASA launch site, 289; 323
Cape Kennedy, 146-147
Carpenter, Marvin Lee "Marv," 285; and deputy director of SSC Propulsion Test Operations Office, 389; 410
Carrio, Doris, 69
Carter, Dr. Gregory "Greg," 397; 408-409
Carter, Ronnie E., 267
Carver, Mr. and Mrs. Conley Carver, and first real estate settlement, 33
CDT, 220
Center of Excellence for Propulsion Testing, NASA's, and NSTL, 335; 344; 359; 364; 367; and J.R. Thompson's "Roles and Mission" report (1991), 370; 371; and status of, 372; 373; 385; 390; and Roy Estess's opinion (1996) 406; 407; 417-418; 421; 425; 431
Center Operations and Support Directorate, 408
Central Control Building (Building 1200), and first static firing viewing, 112-113; and lobby exhibits, 115; and "final" awards ceremony, 183
Chaffee, Astronaut Roger B., and Apollo 1 fire, 125
Challenger, and disaster, 294; 322; and Presidential Commission, 326; and national mourning, 327-328; 330; 336; 344; 351-352; 354-356; 361; and solid rocket motors, 376; and shuttle redesign, 382; 430
Chapman, Russell, 69
Chenevert, Dr. Don, and Diagnostic Testbed Facility, 390
Chrysler Corporation, 49
Cibula, Dr. W.G. "Bill," and biographical information, 312; and ERL senior scientist, 397
Ciko, Larry, and The (New Orleans, LA) Times-Picayune, 238; 239
Citizens for a Healthy Environment, 377
Civil Rights Commission, and report, 59
Clarion-Ledger, The Jackson (Mississippi), 23
Clator, Jr., Secretary of the Navy W. Graham, 296
Clermont, and design of, 107
Clinton, President William Jefferson "Bill," and ASRM support, 380-381
Coast Guard, U.S., and data buoy project, 166; and Pointe Estero arrival at MTF, 184
Coastal Plain Meadows, 17
"Coast Encounters," 402
Cochran, Senator Thad, and supporter of NSTL (and SSC,) 335; 345-346; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347-349; and ASRM support, 379
COG, Complex Operational Group, and organizing/tracking activation work, 90
Cohen, Aaron, 352; 354; and appointed as Acting Deputy Administrator, 373; and NASA official's appreciation of SSC "team," 375
Cold War, 6; 25; 384
Collier's, and magazine article about von Braun's vision of reusable Space Shuttle, 186; 227
Collins, Michael "Mike," (CapCom) and Apollo 8 and translunar injection (TLI), 143; and Apollo 11, 147-148
Colmer, U.S. Representative William Meyers "Bill," and House Rules Committee, 31, 139-140; 161; and Jackson Balch marketing endeavors, 165; 169-170; 181; 184; 205; and as congressman, 428
Colson, Joseph V., 77
Columbia, and Apollo 11 command module, 147
Combined Agencies Campaign, 405
Commercial Remote Sensing Program (CRSP), 392; and named Lead Center, 394; 408-409; 420
Commercial Uses of Space, 394
Community (ASRM) Environmental Impact Meetings, 378
Community Task Force, 235
Complex Operational Group (COG), and organizing/tracking activation work, 90
Complexes, Industrial, 64; Engineering and Administration, 64, 88, 132; Test, 64, 74
Component Test Facility (CTF), and The Wall Street Journal, 137; and laboratory, 196; and ALS project, 344; 367; and Advanced Planning Division, 383; 425
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), 247-248; 273
Congressional Support, 299
Conner, P.K. "Pat," 311
Consolidation Proposal, and all rocket testing, 133
Constan, Dr. George, MAF and MSAAP, 201
Construction and Installation (C&I), and personnel, 97
Construction, MTO and NASA plans, 50; 81; and contractors and temporary workers, 65; and test site and three phases: Construction, Activation, and Operation, 86
Corps of Engineers, U.S., 24; and land acquisition, 27-28; and Mobile District, 27; 30; 32; and real estate report, 33-34; 35; 49-50; 53; 62; 66; 69; 74; 76-78; 81; 84-86; and S-II program acceleration, 94; 199
Coryell, William R., Corps of Engineers deputy area engineer, 84
Costas, William "Bill," and Rocketdyne Test Operations Manager, 297
Cottonport, Mississippi, 19
Countdown Demonstration Test (CDT), 220
Covey, Col. Richard O. "Dick," 353
Covington, Pamela G "Pam," and SSC Equal Opportunity Officer, 415
Coward, James E. "Jim," and Roy Estess, 108; 130; 276
Cox, Harry C., MTO NAA manager, and "Big Four," 84
Craig, Mark, and JSC executive, 375; and SSC deputy director, 409; and architect of NASA Strategic Space (HEDS) Enterprise and biographical information, 416
Creswell, William "Eph," 239; 240; 244; 345-346
Crippen Group , and visit, 333; 334; 344; 377; 419
Crippen, Astronaut Robert, 290; and visit to NSTL, 291; 329; and Crippen Group and implementation of Rogers Commission's suggestions, 333
Crosby Forest Products, Picayune, 37
Crosby Memorial Hospital, Picayune, 115
Crosby, L.O., 67
Crowder, Morris, 263
CRSP, Commercial Remote Sensing Program, 392
Cry, Irma, and Slidell Area Chamber of Commerce and Partners for Stennis, 404
CSC Laboratory, and John Seiley, 248; 277
Culbertson, Philip E., NASA Headquarters director of Advanced Mission Programs, and MTF future, 167-168
Cully, John J., MTO Boeing manager, and "Big Four," 84
Cunningham, Astronaut Walter, and Apollo 7, 142
Curb Illegal Narcotics (CIN), 309
Curtin, Robert, Office of Facilities director, 230; 262-263
Cypress House, and first headquarters, 53
d'Iberville, Pierre LeMoyne Sieur; 18
Dailey, John R. "Jack," 427
Daily Herald, 40
Daily Picayune, 20
Darrell, Charles G., commanding officer, Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA), 246
Daughtrey, Kenneth R. "Ken," 130; 185; 203; and Technology Transfer and Utilization Team, 243
Davis, Cora Blue, 36
Dawson, Mike, 426
Dead Tiger Creek, 45
Dearing, W.H. "Waldo," NASA-MTF Management Support Office, 108; and MTF Site Operations Office, 134; and head of MTF Planning Task Force, 185; and Installation Operations, 202; 228-229; 240; 258
Deaton, Charles, and chief of staff for Governor Allain, 340
Debus, Kurt, KSC director, S-I-T accident investigation, 116; 150
Department of the Army (DOA) Munitions Command, 185; and Hazards Evaluation Office and MTF consortium, 198
Department of Commerce (DOC), 198; 208; and location of offices, 400
Department of Defense (DoD), 10; 208; 218; 382
Department of the Interior, (DOI), 185; 208-209; and Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS), 244; and location of offices, 400
Devil's Swamp, 45; 60; 95; 123
Dezzo, James, Boeing Co., 127
Diagnostic Testbed Facility (DTF), and construction, 389; and description of capabilities, 390; and Dr. Don Chenevert, program manager, 390; and funding, 390
Dick, J. Stephens "Steve," 207; 276-277; Space Shuttle Support Development Participation, 278; 285; and chief of Test Support Division, 390
Discovery, 332; 350
Disney World's Epcot Center, Florida, 242
Diversification, MTF and NSTL, 297; 306; and mid-1980s, 317; 318
DOA, Department of the Army, "Steel City," 199-200
Dobson, Mary M., 53
DoD, Department of Defense, 10; 208
DOI, Department of the Interior, 185; 208-209
Dole, Robert, "Bob," 428
Downmoding Plan, NASA-MSFC and MTF Saturn V Test Complex, 180
Dracon, Scott, 390
Draper, Dr. C. Stark, MIT, and Webb advisory group, 105
Dronet, Daley, 36
Drum and Bugle Corps, The, 348
DTF, 389; 390
DuBridge, Dr. Lee, President Nixon's science advisor, and endorsement of MTF, 172-173
Ducks Unlimited, and remote sensing for private entities, 398
Duff, Brian, NASA Headquarters, and Webb Advisory Group visit, 105
Duke, Astronaut Charles, 157-158
Duncan, Deputy Secretary of Defense Charles W., 296
Dunn Construction Company, Inc., and ASRM-related construction, 380
Dyer, Henry, 89
Eagle, and Apollo 11 lunar module, 147; 149; 293
Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program (EOCAP), 395
Earth Resources Aircraft Program, NASA, 168
Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL), and MTF, 179; 196; and MTF consortium and experimental laboratory, 198; 209-210; 235; 237; 255; 276; 294; and Roy Estess, 305; 310; 363; and commercial remote sensing, 392; 393; 408
Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software (ELAS), 314; 392
Earth Resources Observation Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 166
Earth Resources Observation System (EROS), and MTF consortium, 198; and DOI, 210; 244
Earth Resources Technology Satellite Program, NASA, 168
Earth Systems Science Office, 397; 408
Earth-Orbit Rendezvous (EOR), 9
Easement Area, and acoustic-buffer zone, 29; 33; 190
Eastland, U.S. Sen. James O., 58-59; 161; 169; and MTF future, 175; 213
Eaton, William R., GE manager at MTO, and "Big Four," 84; and government-contractor relationships, 109; and MTF team pride, 111
Economic Impact, and community impact study, 119; and economic impact decline, 136; 271; 272; 300
Educational opportunities, and Educational Outreach Program, and origins, 301; "Operation Liftoff," 302; "Summer Apprenticeship Program," 303
Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California, 187; 192; 290; 366
Edwards, Tom, 89
Edwards, William "Billy," and Systems Development Branch, 314
EELV, 387; and capabilities and objective, 389
Eisele, Astronaut Don F., and Apollo 7, 142
Eisenhower Administration, and space program, 6
Eisenhower, President Dwight D., 5; 24
Electrical Systems Engineering Branch, 226
Electronics Research Center, NASA, and shutdown of, 167
Ellender, U.S. Sen. Allen, Appropriations Committee, and congressional influence, 161, 174, 176; and Jackson Balch marketing endeavors, 165; 169; and executive correspondence, 171; and NASA Administrator Paine, 175; and "set-aside" fund, 193-194, 236; 251; 307; 308
Eminent Domain, 22
Engineering and Administration (E&A), 64; 88; 132; 137
English, Leland "Lee," 220
Environmental Impact Meetings (ASRM), 378
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 185; 195; 197-198; 209-210; and location of offices, 400
Environmental Sciences Services Administration (ESSA), and Dr. Kuettner, 141; and Van King and MTF data management system for BOMEX, 142; 145; 160; and Dr. White, 164-166; and regional Gulf Coast Environmental Center proposal to President by Paine, 173
EOCAP, Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program, 395
EOR, Earth-Orbit Rendezvous, 9
EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, 185; 195; 197-198; and laboratories, and MTF consortium, 198; 209-210
ERL, and MTF, 179, 196; 209-210; 236; 237; and Beech aircraft, 238; 239; 240; 241; 253; possible 1976 move, 295; and move to Slidell Computer Center, 307; and established officially at NSTL (1970), 307; and facility jurisdiction limitations, 308
EROS, 244
ESSA, Environmental Sciences Services Administration, and Dr. Kuettner, 141; and Van King and MTF data management system for BOMEX, 142; 145; 160; and Dr. White, 164-166; and regional Gulf Coast Environmental Center proposal to President by Paine, 173
Estes, Joel, and Test Conductor for NAA, 279; 285
Estess, Roy S., and Jackson Balch, 100, 108; and first static firing, 113; 130; 133; 155-156; and MTF marketing endeavors, 163, 185; and Space Shuttle engine testing, 186, 188, 193; and Site Evaluation Board, 189-191; and Technology and Utilization, 203; and biographical information, 258; 259; 271; and deputy director, 304-306; S-II static firing test-team member, 304; and Applications Engineering (AE), 304; and NSTL ERL, 304, 310; and community involvement, 305; and ERL interim director 315; and appointed facility Director, 326; and NASA Equal Opportunity Counsel, 329; and the White Paper, 332-333; and appointed chair of Office of Space Flight's "Shuttle Processing Contract" review team and "ambassador" for NSTL, 335; and Technology Transfer Center, 337-9; 342; 345; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347; 350; and succeeds Hlass as director, 357; 361; and biographical information 362-3; and becomes Center director, 364; 365; 368; 371-374; and ends tenure at Headquarters, 375; 377-378; and ASRM longevity and demise of program, 380-381; 390-391; 393; 396; 400-403; and Mississippi legislature joint resolution, 405; and 1996 opinion of SSC, 406; 407; 409-416; 419-422; 424-425; and "faster, better, and cheaper," 426; 427; 429-430
Estess, Zann, 305
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), 387; and capabilities and objective, 389
Executive Order, renaming NSTL, 346
Experimental Field Test and Integration Center, and MTF consortium, 198
Explorer I, 227
Explorer Scout Post, and "Space-Oceans-Earth, 303
Ezell, Dianne, and NASA-MSFC onsite office team, 220
F-1 (RP-1) Engine, 49; and consolidation proposal, 133
Facility Services Request (FSR), 264
Fargason, Dr. James, and MTF Landowners' Committee, 34; 36
Farrell, David, 272
Faulkner, William, 17
Federal Agencies Diversification, 297
Federal Area Redevelopment Administration, and grants, 83
Federal Housing and Home Finance Administration, and grants, 83
Federal Laboratory Review, NASA (NFLR), 425; 427
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, 168
Federal Water Quality Administration, 185
Federal-State Road Fund, 76
Fee Simple Area, 29; 36; 83
Federof, Yevgeniy, 211
Ferneau, Robert, and special assistant to Naval Secretary Middendorf, 234
Finley, Robert S., Louisiana State Science Foundation director, 165
Firing Readiness Review, 286
First Baptist Church, 37
Fitts, Donald "Don," Senator Stennis press secretary, 239
Flanagan, Jerry, 313-314
Fleagle, Dr. Robert, 145
Fletcher, Dr. James C., and NASA Administrator, 193; 202; 206; 213-215; 263; 329; and Challenger disaster comments, 331; 341-345; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347-9; 355; 357-358; and retiring, 364; 417-418
Flynn, Tom, 89
Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 242
Fort Bliss, Texas, and V-2s, 4
Fortune, Capt. William C., 39; 48; 50; 53-54; 56; 58; 60-61; 63; 66-67; 72; 74; 78-81; and "Big Four," 84; 88; and community meeting, 94-97; and NASA-MTF management group, 119; 225; 303; 363
Franklin, Theodore, 263; 268
Frech, Frederick A., NASA-MTF construction and activation assistant manager, 108
Freitag, Capt. Robert, 217
Frosch, NASA Administrator Dr. Robert A., and Honor Awards Ceremony, 300
Full Utilization, and battle cry of Sen. Stennis and Jackson Balch, 121; and universities, 135; and Future Utilization proposal to President, 173; and ERL, 180; and Balch, 197; 212; 214; 217; 239
Future Utilization, and recommendation proposal to President for MTF, 173
Gaffney, II, Flag Lt. Paul, and biographical information, 231; 244; and Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, 397; 398
Gaines Bluff, Mississippi, 19
Gaines, Dr. Ambrose, 19; 37
Gainesville Baptist Church, 37
Gainesville, Mississippi, 19; 21; and easement area, 29; 31; 33; and Shorty's 43 Club; 38
Gandy, Walter, and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 196
GAO, and a study, 230; 231; 252; 262
Gartin, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Carrol, 79
Gasery, Jr., John L., and Safety and Mission Assurance Office, 414
GE, General Electric Company, 57; and Phases II and III, 64; 77; 80; and onsite personnel total, 88; and S-II program acceleration, 94; 101-102; and stage contractor, 104; and data team, 114; 124-126; and data reduction facilities, 135; and BOMEX data management system, 142; and TEMPO, 164; and loss of jobs, 185; 197; and contracts, 201-202
GEC, Governor's Emergency Council, 156-157
Gehrig, James "Jim," and Senate Appropriations Committee, 239
Gelpi, Oscar, 34
Gemini Mission, 124
Gemini Program, 62; 125; 133
General Accounting Office (GAO), 229; and a study, 230; 231; 238; 252; 262
General Electric Company (GE), 57; and Phases II and III, 64; 77; 80; and onsite personnel, 88; and S-II program acceleration, 94; 101-102; and stage contractor, 104; and data team, 114; 124-126; and data reduction facilities, 135; and BOMEX data management system, 142; and TEMPO, 164; and loss of jobs, 185; 197; and contracts, 201-202; 242; and NSTL Onsite Contractor, 277
General Services Administration (GSA), 259
George, William "Bill," 278
Gilruth, Dr. Robert, 150; 180; 194; and NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (JSC), 307
Glantz Contracting Corporation, 65
Glaser, Dr. Arnold, 145
Glazier, Herman, 338; 340; and biographical information, 341
Glenn, Col. John, and Webb advisory group, 105
Global Associates' Base Projects Division, 278
Global Associates, 202; 207
Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, and Earth resources research, 175
Goddard, E.G., 19
Goldin, NASA Administrator Daniel, and biographical information, 373; 374-376; 391; 394; 412-13; 416; 420- 421; 424; 425-426; and "faster, better, and cheaper," 426-427; 428
Goodrich, W.L. "Bill," 258
Gore, Vice-President Albert "Al," and reinventing government, 396
Gorham, Jr., A.B. "Bob," and appointed manager of Pan Am's range and test service division support team, 248; 278
Gorman, MSFC Deputy Director Harry, and "Upgrade" endorsement, 83; and Webb advisory group, 105; and chain of command, 119
Governor's Emergency Council (GEC), 156-157; and Paine's recommendation to President for Mississippi Gulf Coast Recovery Program, 173
Grafton, William L. "Bill," and AE office, 202
Graham, William R., and Acting NASA Administrator, 328
Graves, Curtis, and director of Education Programs, NASA Headquarters, 303
Great Southern Club, 404
Greenbaum, Russel "Russ," 234
Griggs, Howard, and Resident Manager Rocketdyne, 298
Grissom, Astronaut Virgil L. "Gus," and Apollo 1 fire, 125
Groat, R.E. "Ron," 258
Groo, E.S. "Todd," 236; 239-240; and appoints Jerry Hlass NSTL manager, 249; 250-251; 253-254; 256; 258-261; 264; 266
Ground Support Equipment (GSE), and transfer from Seal Beach, California, 94
Guin, James H. "Harry," 55; 130; 149; 276; 282; and biographical information, 305-6; and appointed Projects Manager, NSTL Earth Resources Laboratory, 306; 317; and Space Remote Sensing Program, 318; and White Paper, 332; and Exceptional Service Medal, 343; 363-365; 369; 410; 412; 417-419; and posthumous NASA award, 424; 430
Gulf Coast Civil Defense Team, and NASA-MTF, 106
Gulf Coast Contractors Association, 58
Gulf Coast Environmental Center, regional, and Paine's recommendation to President to set up at MTF, 173
Gulf Coast Space Technology Center, 214
Gulf of Mexico Program, 398-399
Gulf of Mexico, 395; 398-399
Gulf Universities Research Corporation, and regional Gulf Coast Environmental Center recommendation to President by Paine, 173
Haise, Astronaut Fred, Biloxi, Mississippi, and lunar module pilot of Apollo 13, 173; 183
Halsey, James, 244
Hancock Bank, 69; 77; 117; 339
Hancock County (MS) Eagle, The, 34
Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi, 117; 231; 320
Hancock County, Mississippi, and location description, 1; 271-272
Hancock, John, President of Continental Congress, 19
Harlow, Bryce, President Nixon's aide and counsel, and Sen. Stennis, 174
Harrison County, Mississippi, 271-272
Hauck, Capt. Frederick H., 353; 355-567
Hegwood, Robert B. "Bobby," 130; 203; and Technology Applications Team, 243
Heidel, James "Jimmy," executive director of Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development, 404
Heimburg, Director Karl, MSFC Test Laboratory, 15; Saturn V, 15; 48; 61; 88; and S-II situation, 94; and Jackson Balch, 100; and MSFC, 103; 125; 127; and Henry Auter, 130; and MTF Planning Task Force, 185; 225-227
Herbert, Floyd C., 130
Herbert, U.S. Representative F. Edward, House Armed Services Committee, and congressional influence, 161; 217-218
Herring, Mack R., and PIO, 52; 67; 81; 117; 140; and Public and Community Affairs and Protocol, 229; 244; 258; 271; 345; and designing a history office, 401; 419
Herring, Robert E., and civilian description of first Space Shuttle launch, 289-90
High Heat Flux Facility (HHFF), 386
Hill, Charles "Chuck," 394; 409
Hilmers, Lt. Col. David C. "Dave," 353
Hlass, I. Jerry, NASA, 73-74; and NSTL's recognition in propulsion world, 87; and master's thesis, "Search For A Role For A Large Government Facility," 191; 226; and becomes manager of NSTL, 248; and biographical information, 249; and thesis, "Search for a Role for a Large Government Test Facility," 250; 251-255; 257-259; 261-262; and Reimbursable Charge Policy, 263; 264-265; and Naval Oceanographic Office, 268; and community relations, 269; 270; and Economic Impact, 271; and Community Briefings, 272; and MPTA, and SSME Development Program, 273; and NSTL Long-term Maintenance Care, 274; and Obtaining R&PM Funding, 276; and Space Shuttle Test Program "Support Structure," 286; and first Space Shuttle launch success, 290; 296- 297; 299; and "President's Rank of Meritorious Excecutive," Award, 300; good will policy, 301; 303; and mid-1980s goals, Space Station program participation, commercial program development, 317; and Space Remote Sensing Center, 319; 320; and Challenger disaster reaction, 325; and Challenger astronauts tribute, 328; and Space Shuttle Facilities Division, 329-30; and Technology Transfer Center, 337-341; 342- 344; 346; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347-349; 352-354; 356; 358-359; 361; 365; 377-378; 393; 396; 411
Hlass, Helen, 264
Hobgood, David "Dave," 263
Holden, August, 34
Holland, Dr. Joshua, 145
Holman, Dr. Mary, George Washington University professor, and Webb's MTF future path study, 139; 269
Holston, Representative Curtis, and Mississippi state legislator, 339
Holt, U.S. Representative Marjorie, 230; 232
Honey Island Swamp, 76
Honor Awards Ceremony, 300; 335; 342; 429
Hopkins, William L. "Larry," 130; 203; and Technology Applications Team, 243
House Appropriations Committee, 262
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and ASRM program fundingæphase-down and termination vote, 381
Housing, and employees, 66
Howard, Douglas "Doug," 220; and Quality Assurance Office, 284; 410
Howard, Wanda, 345
Howard, William D. "Doug," 108; 130; and MSAAP, 201; 207
Howe, O.J., GE, and work control management, 89; and National Data Buoy Program, 196
Howell, Dr. James "Jim,", MTF medical director, and Hurricane Camille, 156
Hudson, Clarence, 263
Human, Kenneth R., NASA, 343; and ASRM, 378; 379; 414; 421
Huntsville Times, The, and "Black Monday" story, 182;
Huntsville Times, The, and NASA Saturn V static firings eliminated at MTF and William Tier, 158
Hurricane Betsy, 18; 106
Hurricane Camille, 18; 123; 150; and MTF/NASA-MTF employees, 153; and Richelieu Apartment deaths, 154; and MTF future, 162; and Dr. Low announcement, 169; and possible cut of MTF employees, 174; 256; 327
Hurricane Log, MTF, 151
Hurricane Opal, and Gulf of Mexico Program, 398
Huseonica, Dr. William "Bill," and ASRM, 378; and Information and Management Systems director (Science and Technology Laboratory), 410
ICS, Instrumentation and Control Systems, and Phases I and II, 64
Independent Offices and Department Of Housing and Urban Development Act, and NASA's funding source, 193
Indians, and Choctaws and Acolapissas, 18; and Navajos and land inventory, 309-310
Industrial complex, 64
Institute of Higher Learning, 338
Instrumentation and Control Systems (ICS), and Phases I and II, 64
Interim Test Stand, and Jupiter-C testing, 129
International Paper Company, 37
International Science and Engineering Fair, 403
Isbell, Mr. And Mrs. Cody, 34
Ivey, John, 108; 185; 203; and Technology Transfer and Utilization Team, 243
J-2 Engine, 133
Jackson, Charles A., 54; 66
Jackson, Guy, 67
James, Lee B., MSFC Program Management director, 182
Jarvis, Gregory B., 322; 355
Jeffers, Sharon, NASA, and personnel director, 410
John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), 256; 326; 344; and renaming and dedication, 345-349; 359; 361; 365; 407; 412
John Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, 313
Johnson Controls World Services, 403
Johnson Space Center (JSC), Lyndon B., Texas, and renaming of, 10; 78; 214; 241; 259
Johnson, David "Dave," 253; 276
Johnson, Mississippi Governor Paul B., 79
Johnson, Lyndon B., U.S. Senator, Texas, 5; and Vice-President, 6-7; 58
Johnstone, Harry, and MSFC's MPTA Resident Manager, 283; 286; and White Paper, 332; 410
Jones, B.U., 53; 76
Jourdan River, and fee area and buffer zone, 83
Joyce, Dr. Armond T., 311-312
JSC, Johnson Space Center, Texas, and renaming, 10; 78; 214
Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Eastland, 161
Junkin, R.G. "Bobby," 203; 243
Jupiter-C Rocket, and testing, 129; 226
Kahle, William "Bill," 385; 390
Kailiwai-Barnett, Florence, NASA, and director of Center Operations and Support Directorate, 414
Kavanaugh, Dr. George, Atomic Energy Commission assistant general manager, 165
Kellar, Alton D., 22
Kellar, Samantha B., and first real estate payment check, 33
Kennedy Space Center (KSC) John F., Florida, 10; 86; and Apollo 1 fire, 125; and assistance to MTF after Hurricane Camille, 157; 196; 257
Kennedy, President John F., 1; and Second State of Union Address, 6; and space program, 7-9; and beating soviets to Moon, 15, 95; and "Urgent National Needs," 47; and missile site labor committee, 57-59; and appointment of NASA Administrator Webb, 81
Kent, Marion, 77-78; and program acceleration, 94; and community meeting, 95-96
Kerr, U.S. Sen. Robert, Oklahoma, and Chairman of Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee, 7; 14
Kilgore, E.C. "Ed," and deputy associate administrator for Center Operations, 229; 230
Kiln, Mississippi, and fee area and buffer zone, 83
King, E.W. "Van," and MTF Site Operations Office, 134; and oceanography market, 140-141; and Dr. Kuettner and BOMEX, 142; 145-146; 159; and MTF marketing endeavors, 163; 165; and MTF's "new business search" report, 168; and satellites, 175; 217
Kohl, Fred, 89
Korean War, 1950; and leaders for Apollo program, 84
Kraft, Christopher "Chris," 260; and JSC Director, 286
KSC, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 10; 86; and Apollo 1 fire, 125; and assistance to MTF after Hurricane Camille, 157; 196; 257
Kuettner, Dr. Joachim P., Environmental Sciences Services Administration (ESSA), and Barbados Oceanographic Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) director, 141, 145; and Van King and MTF data management system for BOMEX, 142; and Hurricane Camille, 154, 156-157
L-S Construction Company, 56
Ladner, Cornelius J., 34
Lagniappe, NSTL NASA newsletter, and first issue, 301; and SSC 1992 Vision Statement--"John C. Stennis Space Center Long-Range Plan for the 1990s," 422
LaMunyon, Teddy M. "Ted," 130; 156; 196; 207
Land Acquisition Cost, 96
Landsat, and automatic data, 310; 394
Lawless, Chester P., 53
Lead Center for Commercial Remote Sensing, 394
Lead Center for Rocket Propulsion Testing, 427; 430
Leake, Dr. Ramon, 362
Lee, T.J. "Jack," and MSFC director, 368; 369; 400
Lehman, Jr., Secretary of the Navy John H., 298
Lehr, Gary, 278
Lenoir, Dr. William, and appointed Associate Administrator for Space Flight, 368
Lewis Research Center, 426
Lilly, William "Bill," Office of Manned Space Flight, 194; and NASA Headquarters comptroller, 230; 252; 262-264; 275; and Hlass staff member, 276
Lindsey, Bill, 284
Ling, Sr., Edwin R. "Ed," 69; 271
Little, D.G. "Dewey," 243
Lockheed Management Services Company, 307
Lockheed Propulsion Company, and Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM), 212
Lockheed-Martin, and RLV testing, 387
Logtown Speech, 25-26, 31-32, 42, 174; 296
Logtown, Mississippi, 19; 21; and Sen. Stennis meeting, 23; and Logtown Speech, 25-26, 31-32, 42; 174
Lombardo, Joe, 342
Long Beach, Mississippi, 66; and Knights of Columbus Council, 83; 269
Long Range Proving Ground, Florida, 9
Long, U.S. Sen. Russell, Joint Committee on Revenue Taxation, and congressional influence, 161; 169; and MTF future, 175; 212, 217-218
LOR, Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous, 9; 49
Los Angeles Times, The, news service, and lengthy story on possible cut of MTF employees, 174
Lott, U.S. Representative Trent, 205; 218; 232; 246; 296- 297; and House Republican Whip, 301; and Challenger disaster, 328; 335; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347-349; and ASRM support, 379; and ASRM program longevity, 380; and biographical information, 428; 429-430
Louisiana State University, and MTF consortium, 198; 208; and location of offices, 400
Lounge, John M. "Mike," 353
Love, Marina, and Chief Financial Officer, 414
Lovelace, Alan M., 258; 265; 276; 296
Loveless, Yvonne, 53; 261
Lovell, Jr., Astronaut James A. "Jim," and Gemini 11, 124; 143-144; and Apollo 13, 174
Lovell, Bud, and Hurricane Camille evacuees, 150
Low, NASA Deputy Administrator George, and MTF "caretaker status" announcement, 169; 182-184; and "set-aside" fund, 194
Lucas, Dr. William R., MSFC Director, 286
Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous (LOR), 9; 49
Lyddon, Thomas "Tom," and Senior Test conductor, 284
M-1 Engine (liquid hydrogen), 49
Mabry, Wilmer C. "Bill," 53; 76
Mabus, Mississippi Governor Ray, 347; 400
MAF, Michoud Assembly Plant, and naming of, 102; and MTF, 161; and NASA Administrator Paine, 167; and curtailed production, 190; 201; and Space Shuttle fuel tanks, 206; 212; 217-218
"Magnificient Flying Machine," 325
Malkin, Dr. Mike, Director, Space Shuttle Program, 286
Malone, Terry, 63; 143; and Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise family, 174; 302
Maloney, William, 145
Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Texas, 10; 78; and MTF consortium, 198; and ERL, 208
Marcy, H. Tyler, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 233
Mars Mission, and deep-space programs, 131
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), George C., Alabama, 5; and missile-testing facility, 9; 31; 45; 50; 53; 61; 64; 77; 124; and assistance to NASA-MTF employees after Hurricane Camille, 157; and Earth resources research, 175; and Space Shuttle, 192; and MTF consortium, 198; and Industrial Operations Office, 202; 211; and shuttle program, 207-208; 225; 255; 266; 365; 426
Marshall, Col. Robert C., Corps of Engineers District engineer, 84
Martin Company, and Gordon Artley, 89
Martin Marietta Space Corporation, 283
Martin, David "Dave," and NASA-MSFC onsite office team, 220
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Gen. McCormack and Dr. Draper, 105
Masters, Wayne, 146
Mathias, Jr., Senator Charles McCurdy, 263
Matkin, William R. "Bill," 32; and first real estate payment check, 34
McArthur, Gen. Douglas, and Jackson Balch, 99
McAuliffe, Christa, 321; and "Teacher in Space" program, 323; 355
McCall, Dr. J.C. "Jerry", NOAA National Data Buoy Center director, 178; 211
McCartney, Lt. Gen. Forrest S., 334; 352; 354
McClellan, U.S. Sen. John L., Government Operations Committee, and congressional influence, 161; and Balch, 204-205
McCormack, Gen. James, MIT, Webb advisory group, 105
McCormick, Margaret (Tingle), 40; 52
McCullen, Sr., Larry W., and president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1028, 234
McCurdy, Richard, and "McCurdy Report," 214
McDonald, Dr. Rebecca C. "Becky," 203, and the Environmental Systems Development Team, 243; and Vascular Aquatic Plant program, 315; 316; 378
McGehee, Louis, 37
McKeithen, Louisiana Gov. John J., and MTF, 161
McLaughlin, Douglas "Doug," 196; 207, 282; 285; and ZBR presentation, 426
McMurtray, James "Jim," 320-21
McNair, Donald E., 322; 355
McWilliams, Elbert C., 267
Medaris, Gen., and Logtown speech, 25; and Jackson Balch, 100
Medical Clinic, MTF/GE, and hearing-level tests, 126
Meeks, Gary, 355
Mercury Program, 62; 125; 133
Mercury-Redstone, and MSFC test team, 129; and rocket, 227
Meredith, Dr. James "Jim," and Mississippi Research and Development Center director, 337; 340
Michener, James A., 365
Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), Louisiana, and naming of, 102; and MTF, 161; and NASA Administrator Paine, 167; and curtailed production, 190; 201; and Space Shuttle fuel tanks, 206; 212; 217-218; 242; 282; and Martin Marietta Space Corporation, 283
Michoud Defense Plant, and location and physical description, 10; 14; and Saturn engines, 12; and S-IC, 46; 49; 69; 77; and economic impact, 82; and renaming to MAF, 102; and MTF, 161
Middendorf, II, Secretary of the Navy J. William, 218; 233; 246
Miller, Dr. Richard L. "Rick," 397; 398-399; 414
Miller, Lon, ASRM program manager, 380; and director of SSC Project and Technology directorate, 387; 414; and ZBR presentation, 426
Mission from Planet Earth, 370
Mission to Planet Earth, 370; and Admiral Paul Gaffney's comments, 398; 408
Mississippi Institute of Technology Development, 319
Mississippi Air National Guard, 233
Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant (MSAAP), 200-201; 216; 295; Ground-breaking ceremonies, 296; 298-299; 320; 358; 405
Mississippi City, Mississippi, 20
Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, 62
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, and ASRM, 380
Mississippi Governor's Office of Science and Technology, 242
Mississippi Gulf Coast Recovery Program, and Paine's recommendation to President and Governor's Emergency Council, 173
Mississippi Gulf Coast, 18
Mississippi Power Company, and Main Electrical Substation privatization project (1993), 421
Mississippi Rocket Testing Site, and 1961 location map, 13
Mississippi State University, and MTF full utilization, 135; and NASA grant, 146; and MTF consortium, 198; 208-209; 377; and location of offices, 400
Mississippi Technology Transfer Center, 396
Mississippi Test Facility (MTF), 38; and first assignment, 47; 53; and NASA-MTF charter, 104; and future viability, 130; and reduction in workforce, 167; and MTF new business search report, 168; and MSFC Industrial Operations, 168; and "final" awards ceremony, 182; 187; and SSME testing support facilities, 190; and Hlass thesis, 192; 206; and Working Group, 226; and Charter, 251; 406; 418
Mississippi Test Operations (MTO), and NASA Mississippi Test Operations, 38-39; and construction, 46; 53; 58-59; 61; and 1963 aerial view; 69; 71; 77; and MTO payroll, 82; and Jackson Balch, 100; and renaming to MTF, 102; 226
Mississippi Trail of Tears, 36
Mississippi-Louisiana Planning Commission, and NASA, 117
Mix, L. "Leslie" Boyce, 130; 196; 207; 220; 284; and comments before first Space Shuttle launch, 289; 290; and "Return-to-Flight" era comments, 332; 342; 350; 367; and chief of Propulsion Test and Engineering directorate, 385; 412-13; 424-25
Montgomery, U.S. Representative Gillespie V. "Sonny," 169; 296
Montgomery, William D. "Bill," 203; 243; 246
Mooney, Patrick "Pat," 207; 278; 285; 390
Mooneyhan, Darden W. "Wayne," NASA, 120; 133; 155; 179; 186; 195; 210; and Director of ERL, 235; 236; 260; 293; and biographical information 307; and ERL, 307; 308; and Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, 308; and Land Remote Sensing Applications group, 309; 310; 315
Moore, Orrell B. "O.B.," 31
Moran, Joe, 65
Moran, Sylvester, 34
Morrill, USCG Commander Peter, later promoted to Captain, and manager of National Data Buoy Project at MTF, 177-178; 210
Morrison, Jack, 61
Morrison-Knudsen Company, 65
Mosquito Control Commission, 56
Mosquitoes, 55; and chemical treatment, 56
Moss, U.S. Sen. Frank, 213
Mowery, Paul T., 145
MPTA Technical Support, 275
MPTA Test Team, and Firing Readiness Review, 286
MPTA, and first placement in B-2 position on S-IC test stand, 283; and first test, 287-88; and firing summary, 288-89; 330
MSAPP, Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant, 216; 405
MSC, Manned Spacecraft Center, Texas, 10; 78; and MTF consortium, 198; and ERL, 208
MSFC GE Apollo Support Group, 278
MSFC Master Planning Office, 78; MSFC Test Division and extension of, 103
MSFC Resident Office, and NSTL Facilities Management, 230; 253; 274; 277
MSFC Test Laboratory, and design of the Clermont, 107; 226
MSFC, Marshall Space Flight Center, George C., Alabama, 5; and missile-testing facility, 9; 31; 45; 50; 53; 61; 64; 77; 124; and assistance to NASA-MTF employees after Hurricane Camille, 157; and Earth resources research, 175; and SSME test program, 187; and Space Shuttle, 192; and MTF consortium, 198; and Industrial Operations Office, 202; 211; and shuttle program, 207-208
MTF Charter, 251
MTF Consortium, and agencies, 198
MTF Site Operations Office, 134
MTF Working Group, 53; 61; 69; and S-II schedule estimate, 85; and transfer of engineers, 89
MTF, Mississippi Test Facility, 38; and first assignment, 47; 53; and NASA-MTF charter, 104; and future viability, 130; and reduction in workforce, 167; and MTF new business search report, 168; and MSFC Industrial Operations, 168; and "final" awards ceremony, 182; 187; and SSME testing support facilities, 190; and Hlass thesis, 192; 206; 406; 418
MTF, MSFC, and naming of, 102; and new mission, 123
MTO Task Force, and Jackson Balch, 100; and Heimburg, Tessman, Gen. O'Connor, 101
MTO Working Group, Huntsville, 74
MTO, Mississippi Test Operations, 38-39; and construction, 46; 53; 58-59; 61; and 1963 aerial view; 69; 71; 77; and MTO payroll, 82; and Jackson Balch, 100; and renaming to MTF, 102
Mueller, Assoc. Administrator George E., and Office of Manned Space Flight, 79; and Webb advisory group, 105; 150
Mullins, Harold, 81
Multiagency Concept, and Jackson Balch, 396; 397; and multiagency sharing, 398
Multiagency, and environmental and oceanographic studies focus, 171; and MTF environmental center and first resident agency, 176; and environmental complex, 201; 396
Myers, Dale D. Manned Space Flight associate administrator, 182
Myers, Myron L. "Mike", and Saturn testing, 108; 118; 130; 149
NAA, North American Aviation, and S-II, 46, 138; 77; 80; 88; and S-II program acceleration, 94; 96; 101-102; and Seal Beach headquarters and J.L. Atwood, 109; and S-II-T NAA engineers and technician injuries, 115; 124; and test teams, 137; and loss of jobs, 185
NAA-SISD (North American Aviation-Space and Information Division), 116
NACA, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and President Eisenhower, 5; and tripartite partnership, 8
Napoleon, Mississippi, and buffer zone, 33, 42
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 319
NASA's Review Board, and Firing Readiness Review, 286
NASA Data Analysis Task Force, 329-30; 331
NASA Earth Resources Facility, and Gulf Coast Environmental Center proposal to President by Paine, 173
NASA Educational Benefits, 299
NASA Facilities Engineering Office, 277
NASA Federal Laboratory Review (NFLR), 425; 427
NASA funded grants, 319
NASA Headquarters, and Apollo program progress, 86; 112; and Jackson Balch, 132; and Stennis letter, 137; 160; and Estess SSME test proposal, 189; and Space Shuttle, 206; and support of NSTL, 225; and Office of Technology Utilization, 242; and memorandum of agreement with Navy, 231; and Reimbursable Charge Policy, 263; 264; and approval of "renasafication," 299; and policy change (mid-1980s), 315
NASA NSTL Awards Program, and I. Jerry Hlass, 267
NASA NSTL Sister Installations, and MSFC, JSC, and KSC, 276
NASA Site Evaluation Board, and "Thompson Committee," 189
NASA, and territorial disputes, 308
NASA Zero-Based Review (ZBR), 425; 427
NASA-Air Force ALS, and technology program funding, 383
NASA-MTF, and Test Complex, 171; and MTF-NASA, 185
NASA-Navy Library, 421
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 5; and President Eisenhower, 5; and tripartite partnership, 8
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2; 10; and NASA "navy," 65; 77; 79-80; 167; 194-195; 209
National Aerospace Plane (NASP), 341; 367; 369; and unveiling of program, 385; and Sen. Stennis, 386; and support facilities and abilities, 386
National Data Buoy Program, U.S. Coast Guard, 168; 176; 198; 210
National Earth Resources and Environmental Data Program, and Sen. Stennis letter to President Nixon, 172-173
National Facilities Study (NFS), 425; 427
National Geographic, and Dr. Tom Sever, 397
National Launch System (NLS, originally known as the ALS), 369; 376; 421
National Marine Fisheries Service Engineering Laboratory, NOAA, 209
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 241
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 178, 195-210
National Oceanographic Instrumentation Center, and MTF consortium, 198
National Oceanographic Instrumentation Center, Naval Oceanographic Office, 166; 168
National Park Service, 210; 241
National Rocket Propulsion Test Alliance (NRPTA), 426
National Space Act of 1958, 394
National Space Council, 384
National Space Technology Laboratories (NSTL), 200; 215; 255; and designation as NASA's Center of Excellence for Propulsion Testing, 335, 344; 418
Navajo Indians, and land inventory, 309-310
Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA), 217; 320
Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity, 298
Naval Oceanographic Office, 216; 217; and first official announcement of possible move, 218; 228; 231-232; 235; 238; 245; 262; and new building completed, 271; 298; 365
Naval Oceanographic Program, 243; 397
Naval Oceanography Command, and Commander's staff, 298
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), 234
Naval Weather Command, 168
Navy, and Point Barrow, Little Lake, Pearl River, and Clermont, 65; 89; 107; and relocation, 219; and expected arrival of oceanographers, 225; and memorandum of agreement with NASA, 231; 255; and relocation and consolidation, 298; 320; 358
Nelson, George D. "Pinky," 353
Nelson, Lewis B. "Lou," 285
New South, 8-9
New York Times, and report of S-II-T accident, 116
Newman, Thomas "Tommy," 275
Nicholson, L.K., 37
Nicholson, Roscoe, North American-Rocketdyne, 111; 137; 220; 278; 350; 410
NOAA, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, 178; 195; 209-210
NORDA, 217; 320
North American Aviation (NAA), and S-II, 46, 138; 77; 80; 88; and S-II program acceleration, 94, 96; 101-102; and Seal Beach headquarters and J.L. Atwood, 109; and S-II-T NAA engineers, 124; and test teams, 137; and loss of jobs, 185; and S-II test participation, 278
North American Rockwell, and test team, 130; and reduction in workforce, 167; 181
North, Gary, 210
Nova Super Rocket, 9; 46; 49; 95
NRL, Naval Research Laboratory, 234
NSTL NASA Administrative Building, 237
NSTL, National Space Technology Laboratories, 215; 230; and Roles and Responsibility Statement, 258; 259; and renaming, 326
Nunez, Stephen "Steve," 390
Nutter, Charlie, 67; 95
Nybo, Lelyn "Lee," 127; 185; 203; 243
O'Connor, Brig. Gen. Edmund F.L., and Gordon Artley, 87; and MSFC Industrial Operations, 104; and Webb advisory group visit, 105; and "Tiger Team," 109-110
O'Connor, Bryan, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Flight (Space Shuttle), 424
Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 20
Odom, Levi J., 263
Office of Manned Space Flight (OMSF), 47
Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications, 310
Office of Space Flight (OSF), Washington, DC, 273; 351-352
Oil Pollution Control and Survey Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 168
Olympic National Park, 309; 312
OMSF, Office of Manned Space Flight, 47
Onizuka, Ellison S., 322; 355
Onorati, Captain Roger, and Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA) and "Partners In Progress," 320
Operation Big Pour, 74
Operation Paperclip, and von Braun and colleagues, 4
"Orient Express," and National Aerospace Plane program, 385
OSF Management Council, 351
Owston, Joyce, 53
Paine, NASA Administrator Thomas, 149-150; and Hurricane Camille, 154, 157, 159-160; and TEMPO, 164; and space workers cutback announcement, 167-168; and executive correspondence, 171; and recommendation to President, for "Future Utilization Of The MTF," 173
Palmer, Col. Charles, 89
Pan Am's Range and Test Support Services Laboratory, 273
Pan Am Range and Test Services, and Aerospace Service Division, 248; and CSC Laboratory and Field Services Branch, 277
Pan Am Special Projects Division, 277
Panther, 51
PAO, Public Affairs Officer, and Mack Herring, 136
Parsons Company, 89
"Partners In Progress," 320
Partners for Stennis, 404
Pass Christian, Mississippi, 20; 66; 155; 269
Payne, A.M. "Mark," and Cooperating Agency Interfaces and Supporting Services, 229; 253; 258; 270; 276
Pearl River Basin Development District, 242
Pearl River Community College, and training workers, 299
Pearl River County, Mississippi, 271-272
Pearl River, 1; and test site location, 14; and test site easement rights, 15; and physical description, 17, 20; and wildlife, 51; 76; 255; 261; 267; and NASA river barge, 282; and first trip up East Pearl River, 282; 431
Pearlington, Mississippi, 19
Pearson, III, Maj. Gen. Jeremiah W. "Jed," and named associate administrator for the Office of Space Flight, 427
Pearson, Ronnie, and Earth Resources Laboratory Applications Software (ELAS), 314
Peenemunde, and Hitler's rocket facility, 3
Peresich, Alex, 145; 179; 196; 312
Performance Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), and tracking concept, 90
Peter Kiewit & Sons, 65
Philips, Representative Walter, and Mississippi state legislator, 339
Phillips Laboratory, and Edwards Air Force Base, 426
Phillips, Corps Attorney Carl M., and first real estate payment check, 34
Phillips, Maj. Gen. Sam, and Apollo program, 94; and "Tiger Team" and Phillips Report, 110; and S-II-T memo, 110; 150
Phillips, State Representative Walter James, Mississippi, 77
Picayune (MS) Item, 34; 41; 67; 95; and editorial on NSTL community impact, 272; and editorial, 300
Picayune Chamber of Commerce, and new business for MTF campaign, 137
Picayune Item, 34; 41; 67; 95; 272; 300
Picayune, Mississippi, 67; and Chamber of Commerce, 231
Piland, Robert O., ERL head and former deputy director of Science and Applications at Manned Spacecraft Center (JSC), 179; and Earth Resources Laboratory director, 194; 196; 210; and ERL's first director, 307; 308-309
Piney Woods, 18
PIO, MTF Public Information Officer, and media, 127; and Mack Herring, 136
Pitalo, Gerald, 383
Planning Task Force, 184
Plowden, John, 284
Pointe Estero, support vessel for USCG Data Buoy Project, 184
Poitevent, J.W., and Pearl River Lumber Company, 19
Porter, Louise, 406
Poseidon, and NASA's covered barge, 282; and MPTA cargo, 282
Powe, Dr. David, 403; 414
Preparedness Investigation Subcommittee, and missile gap hearings, 121
President's Committee on Oceanography, 168
President's Space Council, 370
President Richard Nixon, 123; and Hurricane Camille, 154, 157-160; 162; and NASA budget cuts, 167, 170; and establishment of Earth Resources Laboratory (ERL), National Data Buoy Project, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries at MTF, 175; and veto of NASA's funding, 193; and Space Shuttle, 206
Processing Contract Review Team (1986-1987), 361
Project Liaison Group, 197
Project Liftoff, 321
Project Paperclip, and von Braun and colleagues, 4
"Proposal For The Future Utilization Of The MTF" Paper, and presentation to President by NASA Administrator Paine, 173
Propulsion Test and Engineering Directorate, 385
Propulsion Test Directorate, 408
Propulsion Test Operations Office, and first charter issued, 369; and Diagnostic Testbed Facility, 389
Propulsion Test Support Division, 277
Public Health Service, U.S., and Clyde F. Fehn and Leslie D. Beadle, 55
Public Information Officer (PIO), MTF, and media, 127; and Mack Herring, 136
Quality Assurance Office, 284-286
Quayle, Vice-President J. Danforth "Dan," 369-370; and J.R. Thompson's "Roles and Mission" report (1991), 371
RAP, Regional Applications Program, 261; 310; 363; 392
Raymond, Col. D.A., 28; 31; 66; 84
Raymond, Dr. Arthur, Rand Corp., and Webb advisory group visit, 105
Raytheon Company, 41; 77
Reactor-In-Flight-Test (RIFT), 49
Reagan, President Ronald, 2; and comments on success of first Space Shuttle launch, 291; and budget cuts, 298; and educational programs, 302; Project Liftoff, 321; and renaming NSTL, 326; and Challenger disaster comments, 328; 331; 335; and National Aerospace Plane, 341; and renaming NSTL, 346; 355; and approval of DoD report on ALS, 382; 411
Real Estate Payment, and Samantha B. Kellar, 34
Real Estate Report, and Mobile District Corps of Engineers, 33
"Red Crews," and engineers and technicians, 113
Redstone Arsenal, U.S. Army, and von Braun, 3; and location, 3; 9; and Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency, 134
Rees, Eberhard, 94; and S-II-T memo, 110; 182; 194; 202
Reeves, Richard, and Profile of Power, 59
Regional Applications Program (RAP), 261; 300; and automatic computer classification of Landsat data, 310; 363; and Roy Estess and David Brannon, 392
Regional Planning Commission, 76
Reinventing Government, and Vice-President Gore's comments, 396
Reinventing MTF, and Balch, 195
Remote Sensing Engineering Development Office, and MTF consortium, 198
Renasafication, 299; 358-359
Research & Program Management (R&PM) money, 251
Research and Development Funding, 276; 411
Research and Program Management (R&PM) Funding, 276
Research and Program Management (R&PM), 193
Research and Technology Operating Plans (RTOPs), 242
Resnik, Judith A., 322; 355
Response to Queries, 240
"Return-to-Flight," 326; and I. Jerry Hlass, 331; 337; 350; 352-353
Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), 387
Rhodes, O.L. "Dusty," 53; 81
Rickman, Dr. Douglas, and image-enhancement techniques for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance scans, 313
RIFT, Reactor-In-Flight-Test, 49
Riggs, Kenneth, 89
Riley, Secretary Richard W., U.S. Department of Education, 404
RLV, 387
Roberson, Mr. and Mrs. Elvie Dakes, 42
Roberts, Col. David, Corps of Engineers deputy district engineer, 84
Roberts, Wayne, 278; 410
Rocketdyne, and loss of jobs, 185; 219; and a division of Rockwell International Cooperation, 220; 277; 356
Rockwell, 277
Roemer, Louisiana Governor Buddy, 400
Rogers Commission, 329; 330; and report, 331; 334-335
Rogers, Jr., Chief of Operations A.J., "Jack," Stennis Space Center, 14; 49; and transfer from MSFC, 89; and MTF Site Operations Office, 134; 149; and Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise family, 174; 229; 235; 258; 270; 276; 278; and White Paper, 332; 364-365; and ASRM community impact meetings, 378; 410; 414
Rogers, William P., and former Secretary of State and chairman of Rogers Commission (to investigate Challenger disaster), 329
Roosevelt, President Franklin D., and New Deal, 8
Roth, Jon, 415
Rouchon House, and NASA, 51; 63; 79
Rowe, Herbert G. and associate administrator, NASA, 246
RP-1 Kerosene, 378
Rules Committee, and U.S. Representative Colmer, 161
Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 68
S-IB Stage, 50
S-IC, Saturn V first stage, 49-50; 55; 64; 73; 97; 101; 147; and NASA-MTF Downmoding Plan, 180; final test, 181; S-IC-15 and last booster stages manufactured at Michoud, 181; and last Saturn V second stage tested at MTF, 181
S-IC-T, and B-1/B-2 test stand, 125-126; and first static test, 127-128; and second static test, 128
S-II Test Complex, and Saturn second-stage full-duration firing schedule slippage, 85-86; S-II simulator, 106; and A-2 test stand, 138
S-II, Saturn V second stage, 49-50; 55; and von Braun speech, 85; and NAA, 88; and schedule slippages, 93; and Apollo/Saturn V program "pacing item," 96-97; 101; and "T-Bird" designation and testing, 107-108; 147; and NASA-MSFC Downmoding Plan at MTF, 180
S-II-1, and rocket stage test-firing, 119
S-II-T, All-Systems Test Stage, and transfer from Seal Beach, California, 94; and static firing accident, 115
S-IV-B, Saturn V third stage, 129; and Apollo third stage, and consolidation proposal, 133
Safety and Mission Assurance Office, 414
Salute to the Team, luncheon, and Apollo 11, 149; and Frank Borman, 149; NASA Administrator Thomas Paine, 149-150; and Wernher von Braun, Kurt Debus, George Mueller, Sam Phillips, 150
Sanders, Myrl, NASA, and Roy Estess, 108; and S-II TCC, 120; 130
Santa Rosa, Mississippi, 33; 42
Santos, Susan, and community opinion regarding ASRM testing, 379
Sargent, USCG Adm. T.R., and National Data Buoy Project at MTF, 177
Saturn I Booster, 9; 49
Saturn V Booster, 9; and test complex, 109; and first stage, 128
Saturn V, and Moon rockets, 3; and S-IC and S-II, 46, 138; 49-50; and S-IC and S-II budgets, 54-55; and stage fuels, 65; and test stand foundations, 74; and static-testing readiness, 93; and A-2 test stand checkout, 107; and S-IC description, 124; and MTF testing future, 131; and front page news, 137; and Apollo 4 testing, 139; and Apollo 6, 142-143; and Apollo 8, 143-144; and MTF static-testing elimination, 158; and NASA, 167; 227, 378
Scafide, Bay St. Louis Mayor John, and speech to Knights of Columbus Council, 83; and Bay St. Louis "Upgrade," 83
Scherer, Lee R., KSC Director, 286
Scheuermann, Patrick "Pat," and acting manager of NASP Project Office, 386; and chief of RLV and EELV Project Office, 387; 430
Schirra, Astronaut Walter M., and Apollo 7, 142
Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense James, 229; 230; 232
Schloegel, George, 219; and Hancock Bank, 232; and biographical information, 233; 234-235; 339
Schweickart, Russel L. "Rusty," 214
Science and Technology Laboratory (formerly the ERL), 355; 371
Scientific Utopia, and Jackson Balch, 396
Scivique, Mr. and Mrs. R.A., 42
Scobee, Commander Francis R. "Dick," 322; 355
SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative, 384
Sea Coast Echo, The (Bay St. Louis), 34
Seabee Center, Navy, Gulfport, Mississippi, and BOMEX, 146
Seal, Jr., Leo, 22; 23; 77; 117; 213; 219; 270; and Technology Transfer Center, 338
Seamans, Jr., Dr. Robert C., 38; 79
Seawright, Toni, 347
Secretary of Defense, 160
Secretary of State, 160
Seiley, John, and manager of NSTL support team, 248; 277
Senate Appropriations Committee, 230; 263
"Set-Aside" Fund, and Sen. Ellender, 176-177; 193-194; 251
Settlement, first real estate payment, 33
Sever, Dr. Thomas J. "Tom," and biographical information, 313; and NASA's first archaeologist, 313; 397; and ZBR presentation, 426
Shapley, Willis H., 195
Sharp, Dr. James M., Gulf Universities Research Corporation president, 165
Sharp, Kirk, and SSC's first Chief Information Officer, 415
Sheer, Julian, NASA Public Affairs, 186
Shepard, Alan, 227
Shepherd, Jim, MSFC, head of MTF Downmoding Planning Group, 180
Shepherd, Jr., Navy Lt. Commander Alan B., 8
Shippey, W.L. "Willie," 64; 89; and MTF Site Operations Office, 134
Shorty's 43 Club, 38; 79
Shuttle Engine Program Office, MSFC, 207
Shuttle Engine Testing, NSTL, 274
Shykind, Dr. Edwin, President's Marine Science Council director, 165
Silver Snoopy Awards, 356
Skylab Gamefish project, and NASA Scientist and National Marine Fisheries personnel, 395
Skylab Oceanic Gamefish Project, 209
Skylab, and NOAA-2 Satellite, 209
Slattery, Bart J., MSFC Public Affairs, and Webb advisory group visit, 105
Slidell Airport, 238
Slidell Chamber of Commerce, 219
Slidell Computer Center, 307
Slidell Computer Complex, and MTF, 161; and future uses, 175-176; and "set-aside" fund, 194; and Balch, 203; 210; 212; 235; 237-238; 255; 307; 344
Smathers, Dr. Garrett, 210
Smith, Eva, 69
Smith, Gerald, and appointed deputy director of SSC, 368; 410; and retirement, 415-416
Smith, Michael J., 322-323; 355
Smith, State Representative Martin, 212-213; 339
Snakes, 51; and seven varieties, 61
Snodderly, Lt. Comdr. Sandra, Navy Public Affairs, 218
Snyder, Jr., Admiral J. Edward, 217; 218-219; 229, 230-232; 233; 244-246; 262; 270; 296
Solid Rocket Motor, 324; 331
Southeast Air Ambulance Service District, 242
Southern Railway System, and right-of-way, 29, 56
Southern Regional Medical Consortium, 242
Southern Shipbuilding Corp., and the Clermont, 107
Space Age, and first static testing, 114; and article on Bay St. Louis investment in, 174
Space and Environmental Consortium, 222
Space Council, and President, 370
Space Crescent, and New South, 9; and rocket-testing site selection, 11; 80
Space Defense Initiative (SDI), and President George Bush, 384
Space Fair, First Annual Gulf South Livestock, 67
Space Remote Sensing Center, NSTL, 319
Space Shuttle Challenger, and launch and disaster of 51-L, 322-23; 325-326; and Gulf Coast resident's reaction, 328; NASA restructuring following accident, 334; and solid rocket motor's following disaster, 376; and redesign following disaster, 382
Space Shuttle Columbia, and first launch date, 280; 283; 289; description of first launch, 289; 290
Space Shuttle Discovery, 332; 350; 352-356
Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), and test program 187; and program 222; 226-227; 253; 258; 294; 307; and after Challenger disaster, 326; and first static-firing following Challenger disaster, 331-332; and peak record firings, 332; 414
Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test program, 327
Space Shuttle Maine Propulsion Test Article, 258
Space Shuttle Processing Contract Review Team (1986-1987), 361
Space Shuttle Program, and Sen. Stennis, 168; 170; 260; 341; and aging, 387
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Project, and Gerald Smith, 368; 372; and comments regarding NASP, 386
Space Shuttle Test Complex, 216; 219; 226; 253; 275; 356
Space Shuttle Test Control Center (TCC), 297
Space Shuttle, and reusable development and testing, 186; and MAF/MTF announcement, 206; and redesign following Challenger disaster, 382
Space Station commercial remote sensing mission and NSTL, 319
Space Station Freedom, 374; 404; 407
Space Station Program, 344
Space Task Group, Langley Field, Virginia, 10
Space Technology Enterprise, 408
Space, Commercial Uses of, 394
Spell, William "Bill," Sen. Stennis aide, 120; and DoD, 135; 159
Spellman, U.S. Representative Gladys, 230; 232
Spradlin, William G. "Bill," 130; 185; 207; 220
Sputnik I, 2; 25
Sputnik, and Cold War, 6
SSC vision, 420; and statement "John C. Stennis Space Center Long-Range Plan for the 1990s," 422-423
SSC, Stennis Space Center, 2; and directional map, 29; 326; 361
SSME Capabilities, 280; and first test firing at NSTL, 280
SSME Technical Support, 275
SSME, Space Shuttle Main Engine, and test program, 187; 200
St. Regis Paper Company, 37
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and U.S. courts, 22; and MTO payroll economic impact, 82
St. Tammany Parish, Mississippi, 271-272
Stalin, Premier Joseph, United Soviet Socialist Republics and von Braun surrender to Americans, 4
Star Wars, Strategic Defense Initiative, 384
State (Mississippi) Pollution Control Board, and ASRM community impact meetings, 378
State Liaison and Coordinating Office, and located at MTF, 338
State of Louisiana, 209
State of Mississippi, 208; and location of technology transfer offices, 400
States-Item, New Orleans, and editorial, 80
Static-Testing Facility, 30; and testing stands, 50
Stennis International Airport, Hancock County, 118; 179; 206; 238
Stennis Logtown Speech, 25-26; 174; 246; 296
Stennis Space Center (SSC), 2; and direction map, 29; 326; 361; 30th Anniversary, 402; and vision, 420; and vision statement--"John C. Stennis Space Center Long-Range Plan for the 1990s," 422-423
Stennis Test Control Center, and soft-shoe jig, 297-298
Stennis, Senator John C., Mississippi, 2; 14; and biographical information, 23-24; and Logtown speech, 25-26, 31-32; 35-36; 58-59; 74; 78; 80; and community impact study, 119; and MTF visit, 120-121; and committees/subcommittees, 121; and Jackson Balch marketing team, 135; and letter to NASA Headquarters, 137; and meeting with NASA Administrator Webb, 139; 146; and Hurricane Camille, 154, 159-162; and Jackson Balch marketing endeavors, 165; and MTF future, 168-171; and letter to President Nixon, 172; and NASA Administrator Paine, 174; and Logtown speech, 174; and committees/subcommittees, 174; and MTF future, 175; and U.S. Representative Colmer, 181-182; and MTF "final" awards ceremony, 182-184; and post-Apollo, 187, and "set-aside" fund, 193-194; and committees/ subcommittees, 199-200; and Army program "Steel City," 199-200; 202; 212; and MTF name change, 214-215; 217- 219; and Naval oceanographic group move, 232; 236; 239; and Armed Services Committee, 245; and Logtown Speech, 246; and renaming and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication ceremony, 247; 251; 259; 256; 261; and his staff, 295-296; and dancing a jig, 297-298; and relationship with I. Jerry Hlass, 299; 308; 335; 343; and "Report to Mississippians," 344; and retiring from Senate, 345; and dedication of the John C. Stennis Space Center, 347-349; and comments at SSC dedication, 348; 358; and agreement between Air Force and NASA regarding ALS testing, 382; and NASP program, 386; 406; 417-418; and description of last visit, 419; and death, 420
Stephens, Johnnie, and special assistant to Admiral Snyder, 218; 234; 245
Stephens, Wilda, 53
Stephenson, William "Bill," 209
Stever, Dr. H. Guyford, National Science Foundation director, 164
Stone, Kimberly Graham "Kim," and Procurement Office, 414-415
Storms, Harrison, NAA president, 116
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), "Star Wars," 384
Styles, Paul, 57
Summer Apprenticeship Program, 303
Sun Herald (Gulfport, MS), and Analysis of NSTL, 272
Sun Belt States, 261
Sverdrup and Parcel, 49; 77
Swan, Charles "Charlie," and creation of SSC alligator symbol, 91
Swigert, Jr., Astronaut John L., and Apollo 13, 174
T.L. James and Company, and Guy Stockstill subcontract, 60
Tai, Dr. Han, EPA, 197; 210
Task Force, Community, 235
Tate, State Representative Margaret "Wootsie," Mississippi, 337; 339; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347-49
Taylor, James L. "Jim," and NASA, 108; 130; 185; 207; 220; 390
Taylor, State Representative Gene, 339; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347-349; 431
Taylor, Summers, and Technical Systems installation, Phases II and III, 64; 65; 89
Taylor, William "Bill," 363; 368; and associate director of SSC, 386; 410
TCC, Test Control Center, and location, 112-113
"Teacher in Space" project, 320-321; 323
Teacher Resource Center, 302; 356; 402
Technical Military Planning Operation (TEMPO), GE, and MTF report uses, 164
Technical Services Laboratory, and test stands and Test Control Centers (TCCs), 279; and Associate Administrator for Space Flight, 329; 334-335
Technical Systems, and contracts, 64; and Phase III, and support facilities, 64
Technical Work Request (TWR), 264
Technology Applications, and AE element, 203
Technology Testbed (TTB) SSME-Class Engine, and first static-firing, 388
Technology Transfer Center, 337-338; and construction approved by Mississippi Senate, 339-340; and aid rendered to small businesses, 399
Technology Transfer Office, 400; 401; 408; 415
TEMPO, Technical Military Planning Operation, GE, and MTF report uses, 164
Tennessee Valley Authority, 377
Tessman, Deputy Director Bernard, MSFC Test Laboratory, 12; and Peenemunde, 14; and Mississippi site selection, 15; 48; 61; 101
Test Complex, and S-IC and S-II, 64; 73; 85; and von Braun thunderstorm quip, 105; 171
Test Control Center (TCC), and location, 112-113
"Tested the Way," 354
The (Biloxi-Gulfport, MS) Daily Herald, and public announcement, 236
Thigpen, Picayune Mayor Grady, 270
Thiokol Chemical Corporation, 212-213
Third-Party Testing, 332
Thompson, Floyd L., Langley Research Center director, 186; and NASA Site Evaluation Board chairman, 189, 191
Thompson, James R. "J.R.," 278; 279; and vice chairman of Data Analysis Task Force, 329; 334; and appointed director of MSFC, 335; and SSME testing at NSTL, 336; 352; 354; 365; 368; and NASA "Roles and Mission" report (1991), 370-372; 373; 407; 410
Tier, William, MSFC, 158
"Tiger Team," and Gen. Phillips, 110
Tilton, III, E.L. "Lee," and Sea Remote Sensing Applications group, 309
Times Picayune, The (New Orleans), 22; 37; and headline announces possible MTF closing, 159; 238-239
Tinnin, Rev. Beverly, and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347
TLI, translunar injection, and Apollo 8, 143
Toftoy, Maj. Gen. Holgger N., and Gordon Artley, 88
Total Quality Management, 374
Trafton, William, 430
Transfer and Technology Utilization, and AE element, 203
Travis, Dr. Ramona Pellietier, and the Gulf of Mexico Program, 398; 399
Tri-State Consortium, 205
Tri-State Education Initiative, 403; 414
Truetel, Jr., David "Dave," and Partners for Stennis, 404
Truly, Admiral Richard, and NASA Administrator, 279; Technology Transfer dedication, 340; and John C. Stennis Space Center dedication, 347-349; 352-353; 355; 358; 361; and appointed administrator, 364; 369-370; and "Administrator's Decision Memorandum," 371; 372- 373; 407; 410; 424
Tupelo (Mississippi) Daily Journal, The, and "Economic Disaster" story, 169
U.S. Corps of Engineers, 241; and ASRM Community Impact Meetings, 378; 379-380
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 241
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 241; 395
U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, The, 348
U.S. Navy, and location of offices, 400
U.S. News & World Report, and cover story, 80
U.S. Park Service, 395
U.S. Weather Bureau, 77
United Fund Drive, 1964 MTO, and distribution to communities, 82
United States-Mexico Program, 300
United States Coast Guard (USCG), and signing of National Data Buoy Project and NASA agreement as first MTF resident agency, 177; and National Data Buoy Project budget, 178; and arrival of Pointe Estero, 184
United States Geographical Survey (USGS), and Earth resources research, 175; 195
United Technology Center, 212
UNIVAC 1108 computer, 231
University of Colorado, and space technology, 397
University of Miami, 196
University of Mississippi, and MTF full utilization, 135
University of Southern Mississippi, 242; 401
USGS, United States Geographical Survey, Department of Interior, and Earth resources research, 175; 195; 198
Vicroy, Clarence, 210
Vietnam War, and nation's priorities, 131; and escalation effects on space exploration budget, 170
VIP, Visiting Investigator Program, 395
Visiting Investigator Program (VIP), 395
Visitors Center, 183; 302; and "Space-Oceans-Earth" display 302; 356; 403
von Braun, Dr. Wernher, 2-3; 15; 39; 41; 47; 58; 61; 66-68; 79-80; and keynote speech, 85; and MSFC engineers, 94; 95; and Jackson Balch, 100-101; and Webb advisory group visit, 105; and NAA, 109; and S-II-T memo, 110; and onsite public exhibits, 114-115; and S-II-T accident, 116; and meeting with Sen. Stennis and Jackson Balch, 129, 166; and consolidation proposal, 133-134; 150; and Hurricane Camille, 154-155; and MTF "final" awards ceremony, 183; and reusable Space Shuttle, 186; 188; 225-227; 256; 301; 364; 416; 430
Wakelin, Dr. James, President's Commission on Oceanography chairman, 164; 168; 216
Wall Street Journal, The, and article's impact on local business community and Sen. Stennis, 136; and Mack Herring (PAO, formerly PIO) and Jackson Balch discussion, 136; and reusable Space Shuttle site-selection article, 186
Waller, Mississippi Gov. William "Bill," 212-214
Ward, Capt. C.R., director, Naval Oceanography and Meteorology, 246
Washington University Medical Center, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance scans, 313
Water Hyacinth, 315-316
Waters, William "Bill," 263
Watson, Maria, and The Daily Herald, 242; 244-245
Watts, Herman, 279; 335
Waveland, Mississippi, 20; 66
Weather Bureau, U.S., 77; 125-127; 210
Weatherspoon, Joseph "Joe," 268
Weaver Construction Company, 282
Webb, C.L.H. "Horton," 29-30
Webb, Ms. Myron, and ASRM Community Impact Meetings, 378; and ASRM construction progress (1993) 380; biographical information, 401; and appointed Acting Public Affairs Officer, 401; 402-403; 414; 419
Webb, NASA Administrator James E., 6; 14-15; 58; 80-82; and advisory consultant group, 104-105; and MTF future path, 139; 216
Weidner, Dr. Herman K., Chief, Structures and Mechanics Laboratory, and Gordon Artley, 87-88
Weinstein, Richard "Dick," 240
Weiss, Thomas "Tom," and Chief Electronic Calibration and Repair Unit, Technical Services Laboratory, 279
Welling, Maj. Gen. A.C., and von Braun, 85
Westendorf, Ann, 257
Weston, Henry, 19; and H. Weston Lumber Co., 20, 21
Westonia, Mississippi, and buffer zone, 33, 42
Wheeler, Col. and Mrs. John, 42
White House, and federal government statement, 169; and executive correspondence, 171; and Sen. Stennis and Sen. Ellender, 174; and representatives, 213
White Paper, The, 332; 366
White Sands Test Facility, 426
White, Dr. Robert M., (ESSA) administrator, 164-166
White, II, Astronaut Edward H., and Apollo 1 fire, 125
Whitley, S.L. "Sid," Data Acquisition and Management group, 309; 312
Whitten, U.S. Representative Jamie, and ASRM, 377; and continued support for ASRM program, 379
Wild Boar, 51
Willams, Walter, director of Project Mercury, 334
Williams, Dr. Walter C., and NASA Chief Engineer, 286
Williams, Mississippi Gov. John Bell, and Jackson Balch, 140-141; 145; and MTF, 161, and MTF "final" awards ceremony, 182, 184; 197-198
Williams, Picayune Mayor Granville, 37
Wilson, Gerry, and Manager of Rockwell Space Division Resident Office, 283; 284; 286
Wilson, Gerry, NAA, 120
Winchester, James "Jim," 210
Wisniewski, Richard "Dick," 275; and Hlass staff member, 276
Wolverton, Dr. B.C. "Billy," 203; and chief of Environmental Systems Development Team, 243; and Environmental Systems Development Team, 303; and Vascular Aquatic Plant program, 315; and induction into U.S. Space foundation Hall of Fame, 316
Woods, Earl G. "Glade," and Roy Estess, 108; and S-II-T testing, 110-111; 130; 145-146; and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 196
World's Fair (1984), 302
World War II, and modern rocketry, 2; and tripartite partnership, 8; and leaders for Apollo program, 84; 95; and bombing raid comparison to Hurricane Camille destruction, 155
Wright, Mrs. Lollie, 42
X-33, and vehicle description, 388
Yarchin, Col. Sam, S-II program manager, and "Phillips Report," 110
Yardley, John, and Associate Administrator Space Transportation Systems, 286; 288
Yellow Creek, and Iuka, Mississippi, 377
Young, Astronaut John, 157-158; 290; visit to NSTL, 291
Young, John D., NASA Headquarters, and Webb advisory group visit, 105
Zero-Based Review, NASA (ZBR), 425; and presentation, 426; 427