The Interstellar Age (45 page)

Plutonium-238,
275

Plutonium power generation,
273
–276,
279

Polarization sensors,
16

Porco, Carolyn,
34
,
238

Principal investigators (PIs),
16

Privatization of space program,
293
–295

Project Office,
14
,
15

Project Ozma,
77

Project scientists,
16
–17

Providence Evening Bulletin,
9

Puck,
177

PWS (Plasma Wave Subsystem),
264
–265

Pyne, Stephen,
291
–292

Pythagoras,
224
–225

Radial velocity method,
282
–283

Radiation,
16
,
52
,
92
,
109
–111,
185
,
200
,
246

Radioactivity,
274

Radio communication,
15
–16,
54
–55,
63

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs),
56
–57

Ranger,
50

Rankin, Jamie Sue,
267
–270

Reagan administration,
21
–23

Record, onboard
Voyager.
See
Golden Record

Red dwarf stars,
280
–281

Reducing environment,
139

Remote sensing,
19
–20,
29

Reseau marks,
175

Resonance, orbital,
115
,
120
,
126

Rhea,
142
,
150
,
243

Rings

Jupiter,
128
,
144

Neptune,
185
,
210
–211

Saturn,
134
–135,
142
–145,
149
–150

Uranus,
144
,
184
–186

Robotic sensors,
19
–20,
29

Rocket launch technologies,
61
–69

Ross
248
star,
281

Roth, Lorenz,
130
–131

RTGs (radioisotope thermoelectric generators),
56
–57

Ryle, Martin,
80

Sagan, Carl,
1
,
2
,
11
–12,
21
,
23
–24,
34
,
72
–77,
79
,
82
–83,
84
,
85
,
231
–237,
238
,
281

Sagan, Linda Salzman,
75
–76,
83
,
85

Saturn

atmosphere,
134
,
139
–141

Bell’s childhood telescope viewings,
13
,
133
–134

Cassini
mission,
25
–26,
156
,
157
,
158
–159,
189
,
237
–238

Flandro’s gravity assist research,
43
–46

internal structure,
208

magnetic field,
73
,
135
,
178

moons,
131
,
135
,
142
,
143
,
145
–148,
150
,
151
,
158
–159,
166
,
241
,
243

Pioneer
mission,
23
,
73
,
135
–136,
139
,
149

rings,
134
–135,
142
–145,
149
–150

Voyager
mission,
23
,
30
,
31
–32,
47
,
48
,
49
,
133
–159

Scan platform,
56
,
110
–111,
153
–159,
173
–174,
230

Scarf, Fred,
154

Schurmeier, Harris “Bud,”
48

Science,
115
,
263
,
265
–266,
287

Science Steering Group,
16
,
107
,
261

Seaborg, Glenn T.,
275
–276

Seaborgium,
276

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI),
75
,
77
,
80
,
87

Sequencers,
64
–69

SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence),
75
,
77
,
80
,
87

Shapiro, Irwin,
144

Shoemaker, Gene,
35

Sirius,
113
,
290

Slingshots,
41
–47,
105
–106

Smith, Brad,
35
–36,
59
–61,
118
–119,
205

Soderblom, Jason,
217

Soderblom, Larry,
34
,
123
,
146
,
182
,
214
–217,
219

Solar nebula,
208

Solar system

formation of,
169

photographs of,
231
–238

planets,
241
–243

size of,
242

Solar wind

definition of,
17

interstellar space boundary,
243
–251,
271
–272

Neptune flyby data,
200

Uranus flyby data,
37
,
171
,
178
–179,
181
,
185

Southwest Research Institute,
266

Space exploration

future of,
293
–296

government funding of,
21
–26

Space shuttles,
195

Space travel or tourism,
289
–290,
295
–296

Spectrometers,
16
,
252

Spilker, Linda,
66
–67,
119
,
157
–158,
162

Spirit,
10
,
19
,
26
,
84
,
230
,
238
–239

Squyres, Steve,
84
,
238

Stars,
280
–281,
283
–285,
289

Stewart, Homer Joe,
45

Stockman, David,
22

Stone, Edward C.,
16
–18,
36
,
37
,
38
,
49
,
77
,
107
,
135
,
142
,
148
,
153
–154,
159
,
170
–171,
175
,
177
,
179
,
209
,
235
,
246
–251,
253
,
254
,
256
,
257
,
258
,
259
–263,
265
–271,
277
,
292

Sun.
See also
Solar wind

chemical makeup,
134

formation of,
169
,
208

gravitational influence,
224
,
244
,
280