Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in ... - The Black Vault

810 Index
management of, 122, 399–400, 412–14, 422
Manned Lunar Working Group Task Force report, 458–71
as memorial to Kennedy, 419
mission control operations: development of through Gemini program, 380–
81; mission control center for, 397, 566–68
mission mode: comparison of modes, 578–85; delay in selecting, 398–99;
direct ascent mode, 401, 404, 494, 540; dispute over, 404–5; Earth Orbit
rendezvous (EOR), 401, 404, 494, 497, 500, 521, 539–40; Lunar Orbit
rendezvous (LOR), 494, 497–98, 500, 520–44; lunar surface rendezvous,
498, 500; survey of vehicle systems, 494–501; White House objection to
LOR, 403–6, 568–88
mission module: design of, 453; function of, 451–52
mission objectives, 451
mission schedule, 409–10, 411–12, 413–14, 421, 428–29, 588–603, 608–12,
718–20
mission sequence and designations, 424–25, 428, 692, 694, 697, 700, 710, 718
naming of, 389, 449, 450
objectives of, 277
Orbital Space Laboratory, 466; function of, 503; procurement plan, 503–4
origins of, 388–90
overruns in Gemini program and, 40
priority of, 409–12, 416, 562–63, 588–603
progress on, 400, 544–47
propulsion module, 454; design and development of, 452–53, 466; function
of, 451, 453, 503; Launch Escape Propulsion System, 466; Mission Abort
Propulsion System, 466; procurement plan, 503–4
quarantine procedures, 408, 408n26, 434, 435, 665–76, 683–84, 740–49, 767,
784
rationale for, 479
reentry vehicles, 50–51, 537
rendezvous and docking: Apollo 11, 434, 767, 781–83; development of
through Gemini program, 45–46, 345, 378
review of, 413, 416, 608, 609–10
risks and failure concerns, 429, 702–6, 710
scientific activities for, 406–7, 558–59
scientific value of, 392, 438, 760–64
Service Module, 503–4, 536–37, 629–39
Skylab vs., 751–53
spacecraft: astronaut control of, 452; contamination of moon by, 408, 666,
677–78; development of, 382–84, 461, 465–69; electrical power supply, 383;
equipment installation, modular, 249; fuel cells, 708–9n1; heat and capsule
design, 50; heating problems, 461; maneuvering capabilities, 249; modular
concept of, 451–53, 456–57, 503–4; oxygen atmosphere, 654–55; problems
with, 421; procurement plan, 398, 501–12; quarantine procedures and back
contamination, 666, 671; radiation considerations, 454–55, 468; systems
development for, 453–54
success of, 273, 439, 739–40, 750, 751–52
timeframe for missions, 455–56, 466, 469–71
weightlessness issues, 454–55, 468
workforce responsible for, 471