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of, 235
    size of, 242
    Millis, Marc, 290
    mind control, 245
    mind uploading, 259
    miniaturization, see nanotechnology
    minimum viable population, 201, 251
    mining:
    of asteroids, 155–56, 182, 214
    of Enceladus, 227
    on Moon, 214
    by robots, 178, 182
    Minsky, Marvin, 177, 179
    MirCorp, 75
    mirrors, 173
    Mir Space Station, 75, 115, 167–68
    Miss Baker (monkey), 47–48, 48
    Mission Control, 43, 100, 158, 269
    MIT, 38, 77, 90, 141, 226, 257
    mitochondrial DNA, 6, 9
    Mittelwerk factory, 33, 35
    Mojave Desert, 71, 82, 83
    population adaptation to heat in, 118–19
    molecules, in nanotechnology, 151
    Mongols, 23, 24
    monkeys, in space research, 47–48, 48
    Montgolfier brothers, 68
    Moon:
    age of, 50
    ancient Greek concept of, 18
    in asteroid capture, 156
    distance from Earth to, 49–50, 150, 166, 267
    first animals on, 49
    first man on, 71, 158
    latency on, 178
    lunar base proposed for, 157–63, 158 , 160 , 195, 214, 248
    manned landings on, 44–45, 49–50, 54, 56, 63, 71, 84, 99, 104, 108, 143, 157, 158, 176, 219, 270, 272
    obstacles to exploration of, 66
    orbit of, 25
    probes to, 40, 51, 129, 140 , 143
    projected missions to, 92 , 143, 157–63, 166, 214, 275
    property rights on, 145–47, 198–99
    proposed commercial flights to, 102
    in science fiction, 20, 26
    soil of, 159, 160 , 162
    as staging point for Mars, 161
    staging points for, 148
    telescopic views of, 31, 49–50
    as uninhabitable, 124, 166
    US commitment to reach, 41–45
    Moon Treaty (1979), 146
    Moon Treaty, UN (1984), 279
    Moore, John, 203
    Moravec, 259–60
    Morgan, Barbara, 74
    Morrison, Philip, 187, 239
    Mosaic web browser, 79
    Moses, 148
    motion, Newton’s laws of, 25, 67–68
    multistage rockets, 29
    multiverse, 252–57, 255
    Musk, Elon, 94–98, 97 , 100–101, 112–13, 148, 205
    mutation, 6–7
    cosmic rays and, 204
    7R, 10–12, 11 , 15
    mutually assured destruction, 42
    Mylar, 184, 225
    N1/L3 rocket, 44 , 54
    nanobots, 179–82, 181 , 224–28
    NanoSail-D, 184, 185
    nanosponges, 180
    nanotechnology, 151–52, 179–82, 208, 214, 245, 280, 283
    projected future of, 257–59
    see also nanobots
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 83, 90, 96, 97–98, 114, 116–17, 128 , 144, 153, 156, 176, 178, 182, 184–85, 185 , 195, 200, 205, 206 , 216, 224, 226 , 271, 275, 280, 290
    and Air Force, 71
    artistic depiction of space colonies by, 196, 196
    budget of, 39, 42, 43, 49, 54, 64 , 75, 99, 104, 140, 144, 158, 166, 188, 238, 270, 272, 284
    cut back of, 45, 49, 54, 188
    formation of, 38–39, 145, 269
    private and commercial collaboration with, 99–102, 104
    revival of, 103–5
    space program of, 51, 55–56, 71–76, 92 , 157–58, 285–86
    stagnation of, 63–67, 141, 147, 166
    National Geographic Society, 7, 265
    National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 187–88
    National Science Foundation (NSF), 78–79
    Native Americans, 118
    naturalness, 256
    natural selection, 6, 16, 123, 164, 251, 291
    Nature , 187
    Naval Research lab, 37
    Navy, US:
    Bureau of Aeronautics, 30
    in rocket development, 36–37
    Nayr, Ernst, 238
    Nazis, 48
    Propaganda Ministry of, 32
    von Braun and, 32–34, 141, 269
    NBC, 75
    Nedelin, Mitrofan, 43
    “needle in a haystack” problem, 188–89, 242–43
    “Nell” (rocket), 29
    Neptune, 127, 131, 225
    as uninhabitable, 125
    Nergal, 163
    Netscape, 80
    New Mexico, 88, 88 , 105
    Newton, Isaac, 24–25, 25 , 30, 67–68, 110, 262, 267
    New York Times , 30, 94
    Nicholas, Henry, 214
    Niven, Larry, 198, 253
    Nixon, Richard, 108, 167
    Nobel Prize, 126, 180, 214
    nomad planets, 128
    Noonan, James, 266
    nuclear fission, 220, 220 , 221
    nuclear fusion, 110, 161–62, 220 , 221, 221 , 222
    nuclear reactors, 224
    nuclear weapons, 36, 42, 78, 129, 146, 197–98, 222, 234–35, 244, 245, 246 , 286
    Nuremberg Chronicles , 17
    Nyberg, Karen, 200
    Obama, Barack, 104
    Oberth, Hermann, 28, 31–32, 36, 268
    oceans:
    acidification of, 195
    sealed ecosystem proposed for, 197
    Oculus Rift, 176
    Ohio, astronauts from, 74
    Okuda, Michael,