Remembering the Space Age. - Black Vault Radio Network (BVRN)

442 ReMeMBeRInG THe SPACe AGe
Antiballistic Missile Treaty (SALT I),
127, 129
Anti-satellite (ASAT) missile events,
112, 112n4, 113, 113n5, 128
Apollo program: activity level during,
xii, xiii, 364, 400–401; conspiracy
theories about Moon landing,
375–84; disasters and operational
crises, 184, 203; employment
numbers, 164; Giantstep-Apollo 11
Presidential Goodwill Tour, 169;
indigenous technologies, 22, 22n9;
justifcation of, 28; Launch Complex
34, 334–35, 335; photographs from,
321–22, 328, 330, 330–31, 334–36,
335, 337; signifcance of, 356–57;
space race as Cold War battleground,
127; technology and national
prowess, 26–27
Apollo 4, 337
Apollo 7, 300, 302–3, 335
Apollo 8, 402n10
Apollo 11, 278, 279, 280, 282, 362–63,
376, 377
Apollo 12, 278–80, 281, 284–85, 322,
376
Apollo 13, 170, 184, 376, 402n10
Apollo 14, 322
Apollo 15, 322
Apollo 16, 322, 330, 331
Apollo 17, 280, 285–86n26, 307, 322,
337
“Apollo:A Prophecy” (Kahn and
Selesnick), 328
Apollo Prophecies,The (Kahn and
Selesnick), 327–31, 329
Arai,Akino, 249
Arcade Fire, 247–48
Arcades Project, 191
Architectural styles, 180–82
Arendt, Hannah, 193
Ares-I Crew Launch Vehicle, 116n14
Ares-V Cargo Launch Vehicle, 116n14
Ariane launcher, 43, 45, 52
Armstrong, neil, 135, 169, 278, 280,
282, 391
Army Air Force, U.S., 349
Army Ballistic Missile Agency, U.S.,
356
Asia, 8, 13
Asimov, Isaac, 63–64, 158, 346, 347,
393
Astounding Science Fiction, 345
Astrofuturists, 158–60, 168
Astronauts as cultural icons, 207
Atlantis, 319
Atomic Cafe, 242
Atomic diplomacy, ix n1, 57–58,
64–69
Atomic energy Acts, 57, 64–65, 67,
68–69
Atomic energy Agency, 62
Atomic energy Commission
(AeC): dOd’s relationship with,
67; laboratories, 57, 57n8; liaison
committees, 66–67; mission of,
67–68; nASA and, ix n1, 64–65,
66; ROVeR program, 69; as
technocracy, 56–57, 69–70
Atomic Peace Ship, 62–63
Atoms-for-Peace program, 62
Auger, Pierre, 42, 43
Australia, 4, 5, 8
Avedon, Richard, 310n58
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Baggett, Blaine, 394
Bainbridge, William Sims, 393
Ballet Russes, Les , 258
Bangladesh, 113
Batalov, nikolai, 257
Battle Beyond the Stars, 262n29
Baudrillard, Jean, 188, 193
Bauer, Raymond A., 139, 140, 142,
143, 147, 150
Bean, Alan, 278–80, 281, 285, 286