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SSTOs.
See
Single-stage-to-orbit vehicles (SSTOs)
Staehle, Robert,
243
Stafford, Thomas,
66
Steel,
185
,
199
–201
Stoker, Carol,
70
,
72
,
73
“Straight Arrow Approach, The,”
53
STRs.
See
Solar thermal rockets (STRs)
STV.
See
Space Transfer Vehicle (STV) program
Sulfides,
311
Sulfur,
220
Superoxides,
33
Surface mobility,
141
–147
Synthesis Group report,
66
Syrtis Major,
25
Telerobotics,
164
–166
Temperature of Mars,
27
–28,
57
,
129
,
136
,
175
,
249
–263,
271
–272
Terraforming Mars,
70
,
71
,
218
,
238
,
247
–272
calculations,
251
–260
hydrosphere activation,
268
methods of accomplishing global warming,
263
–268
oxygenating,
269
–270
rate of outgassing of atmosphere from regolith,
260
–262
Terror
(ship),
17
Tether-generated artificial gravity schemes,
61
–62,
123
–126
Tharsis region,
30
,
159
,
209
Thermal conduction,
260
–261
Thermonuclear fusion reactors,
223
,
224
,
245
–246
Thomas-Keprta, Kathie,
308
,
312
–314
Thompson, Al,
52
Tilapia fish,
199
Timekeeping, on Mars,
162
–164,
166
Titan IV,
40
,
41
,
43
TMI. See Trans-Mars injection (TMI)
Trans-Mars injection (TMI),
96
,
97
Transmission electron microscope,
312
Triangle trade,
230
–231
Truly, Richard,
274
Truth, Sojourner,
37
Tumlinson, Rick,
293
Turner, Frederick Jackson,
295
–296
University of Colorado,
70
–72
Uranus,
25
U.S. Geological Survey,
139
U.S./Russian humans-to-Mars program,
279
–282,
291
,
292
Utopia Planitia,
32
Vali, Hojatollah,
314
Valles Marineris,
29
,
139
–140
Vanadium,
200
Vapor pressure,
252
–254
Venus,
52
,
70
,
80
,
82
,
95
,
97
,
140
,
162
,
266
Viking
program,
13
,
19
–20,
30
–36,
39
,
52
,
70
,
87
,
99
,
130
–132,
140
,
148
,
157
,
170
,
174
,
184
,
188
,
190
,
196
,
198
,
207
,
208
,
268
Volcanic action,
159
,
209
–210
von Braun, Wernher,
47
,
66
,
102
,
292
Voyager
program,
70
,
190
V-2 rocket engines,
60
Walker, Charles,
292
Walker, Robert,
274
War of the Worlds
(Wells),
173
Water,
5
,
10
,
11
,
30
,
35
,
61
,
91
–92,
133
,
150
,
151
,
153
,
159
,
185
–193,
220
,
224
–225, 249,
266
Weaver, David,
67
,
68
,
154
Webb, Walter Prescott,
303
–304
Welch, Steve,
71
,
72
Wells, H. G.,
173
Wilcockson, Bill,
52
,
63
Williams, John,
193
Wilson, Roger,
72
Wind power,
207
–208,
211
,
221
Worden, Pete,
106
,
274
World Space Foundation,
243
Wright, Ian,
322
X-33,
106
Zare, Richard,
308
,
313
,
314
,
318
,
323
Zeolite,
193
,
261
Zero gravity,
10
,
13
,
81
,
83
,
95
,
113
,
120
–126

Table of Contents

Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke

Preface

1 Mars Direct

2 From Kepler to the Space Age

3 Finding a Plan

4 Getting There

5 Killing the Dragons, Avoiding the Sirens

6 Exploring Mars

7 Building the Base on Mars

8 The Colonization of Mars

9 Terrraforming Mars

10 The View from Earth

Epilogue: The Significance of the Martian Frontier

Special Addendum

Glossary

Notes

References

Index

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