older sister of Mary, 48, 52, 53, 59, 193
resettled in Southern California, 136
Sherman, Clarence
abusive nature, 50–51, 62–64
brother of Mary, 30
parental favoritism, 60, 243–244
Sherman, Elaine
has photo taken for first time, 55–56
mentioned in Hegstad e-mails, 268–269
studious nature of, 54, 57
younger sister of Mary, 20
attended school with, 53, 57
close relationship with, 20–21, 52, 54–56, 58–65, 69–70, 77–78, 244
Sherman, Michael
agrees to enroll Mary in school, 20
as amateur veterinarian, 241–242
father of Mary, 18–21
moves with family to California, 176
refuses to provide glasses for Mary, 61
Sherman, Michael, Jr.
abusive nature of, 50–51, 62–64
brother of Mary, 30
parental favoritism, 60, 243–244
served with US Army in WWII, 84
Sherman, Vernon
abusive nature of, 50–51, 62–64
brother of Mary, 30
parental favoritism, 60, 243–244
visits Mary in Philadelphia, 109, 301n6
Sherman farm
chores and farm work, 29, 52, 56, 77, 81, 244
crops grown, 32
description, 17–18, 51, 70, 225, 243
location of, 11, 70–74, 77
Mary born on, 11
Mary's feelings toward, 69–70, 78, 85, 105–106, 193
Shimizu, Toru
assigned to Redstone propellant project, 196
early attempts at using UDMH, 208–209
former Manzanar internee, 197
given new propellant parameters, 204–205
MS in engineering from UCLA, 197
MUPP work, 199–212
naming new propellant, 218–219
removed from propellant project, 219
solving simultaneous nonlinear equations, 197–198, 295
UDMH and diethylenetriamine, 216–217
UDMH/DETA instability problem, 262
UDMH partners, 213–215
UDMH reconsidered, 212
Silverman, Jack
CHNOF ARS paper coauthor, 187
Kraemer refutes claims of, 190
lack of research information, 187
Mary's supervisor, 188
NASA files requested, 189
Webber refutes claims of, 188–189
wife's Wikipedia article, 187
Simi Valley
condor's range includes, 286
geologic and human history of, 221–222
Santa Susanna Field Laboratory built near, 223
Space Race
America's position in, 254
beginning of, 149, 254
coming of the, 22, 23
Explorer 1 launch, 275
Kindelberger's comments on, 260
Sputnik 1
America's reaction to, 253, 254
America's reputation tarnished by, 12, 255, 278
launch date moved up, 248, 250
naming of, 279
von Braun's reaction to, 254
Sputnik 2
America's reputation tarnished by, 12
SSFL. See Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (SSFL)
Stalin, Joseph
obsessed with the ICBM, 253
puts captured German rocket scientists to work, 149
sends Sergei Korolev to the gulags, 69, 157
succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev, 203
von Braun and colleagues avoid capture, 158
Stuhlinger, Ernst
brings bad news on Redstone, 171–172
von Braun team member, 171
Sutton, George
Mary recommends his book, 202–203
TACIT (Theatre Arts at the California Institute of Technology)
Brian Brophy hired to lead, 206
full name of, 45
letter from, 45
loses theater director, 46
produces Rocket Girl at Caltech, 46–47, 207, 298
Shirley Marneus director of, 45
Theatre Arts at the California Institute of Technology. See TACIT (Theatre Arts at the California Institute of Technology)
Tormey, John
North American Aviation manager, 205
Tom Meyers's supervisor, 205
Toumey, George
drinks the rocket fuel, 238–239
fired by Joe Friedman, 240
Tyuratam Rocket Base
geographical location, 149
Khrushchev visits, 204
living conditions, 155–156
Sputnik launched from, 250–251
UDMH. See Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine (UDMH)
Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine (UDMH)
abbreviated as UDMH, 207–209
combined with diethylene triamine, 215, 217, 227
considered as Redstone propellant, 207, 211, 214, 215
Robert Kraemer book mentions, 189–190
V-2 rocket
comparisons with Redstone, 277
components moved to Mittelwerk, 117
John Galione discovers hiding place of, 124–125
Peenemünde, 118
propellant combination of, 163
specific impulse of, 173
Russian share of booty, 158
shipping problems, 148
tests at White Sands, 148
Vanguard rocket
failures of, 168, 255
General Medaris discusses, 210
Green and Lomask book on, 253
launch explosion, 255
politics of, 210
von Braun's opinion of, 254
Vietinghoff, Bill
arranges Santa Susanna Field Laboratory tour, 298
quoted, 221
recommends book by Robert Kraemer, 189
works on hydyne instability, 264
Vincentini, Ksenia
marriage to Sergei Korolev, 157
von Braun, Magnus
sent by von Braun to find Allied troops, 129
younger brother of von Braun, 129
von Braun, Wernher
Alpine Redoubt hideout, 126–127
arranges hiding of V-2 parts, 121
Cape Canaveral, 210, 213
demonstrates rockets for Hitler, 68–69
discusses ICBMs, 145–146
Fort Bliss, 146–147, 169
friend of Willy Ley, 43
held as bargaining chip, 126–127
meets General Kammler, 118, 120
picked up by SS, 117–118
public figure, 15, 148, 158, 167–169, 203, 213, 273, 276, 279
quoted, 25, 185
Raketenflugplatz, 27
receives funding from German military, 44
seeks out US Army, 129
Voskresenskiy, Leonid
celebrates R-7 success, 211
plugged LOX leak with urine, 208
Webber, Bill
assists Mary, 196–213
CHNOF paper coauthor, 187
dialogue of, 295
favorite colleague, 298
interviews with, 35–37, 296
Kanarek's firing, 303n4
Kindelberger's “5 percent rule,” 308n17
Mary's last day, 285
naming of new propellant, 218
newly hired, 196–198
not related to Monica Weber, 268
Santa Susana Field Laboratory
condor interrupts test, 288
firing sequence, 306n2, 306n12
visitation policy, 306n7
saves George Toumey, 238, 239
Silverman claim, 188, 189
Weber, Monica (Morgan)
assists with interviews, 297–298
e-mails regarding Ruth Fichter, 268
informed of mother's death, 12
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mother's OCD, 36, 37
moved to Oregon, 36
photos of mother, 49
Wengler, Amy. See Sherman, Amy
White Sands Proving Grounds
Germans worked at, 147–149
Huzel, Dieter, 302n6
North American Aviation receives visitor from, 178
V-2’s shipped from Germany, 125
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