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Galilei, Galileo (Italian), 289, 320 MlR space station, 284, 286
Calileo spacecraft, 297; missions of to Jupitel; 286, 305-6; Moon, 286, 288-92, 294; eclipse of, 291; exploration of, 291-
photographs asteroid Gaspra, 311; photographs clouds 92; geology of, 288-90; phases of, 291; surface of, 288-89
above Venus, 299
geography, maritime, 181-200; Atlantic, 183-86; eastern Nansen bottles, 214
seas, 194-200; rationale for Shldying, 181; 'western seas, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):
183-92 Cassini, 307; Great Observatories Program, 286; launch
g forces, 323, 344 spacecraft, 284; Llmar Receiving Laboratory of, 289; and
JI gitmo." See Guantanamo naval base Martian bacteria, 302; New Horizons, 309; using
G-I-UK gap, 185-86 radiotelescopes, 283; Viking spacecraft, 301
greenhouse effect, 249-50 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Guantanamo naval base, 187 (NOAA),221
Gulf of Mexico, 186-87 National Ocean Service (NOS), 221
Gulf Stream, 218-19 National Weather Service, 273, 275, 276, 277
guyots, 209 Nautilus, U.S. submarine, 190
gyre. See oceans Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
(NMOC), 275-76; Centers, 276
Halley's comet, 285, 312 Nephme, 297, 308
Hubble Space Telescope, 286; attempts to photograph Pluto, New Horizolls spacecraft, 287, 309
309; !tmar observations of, 290; solar observations of, Newton, Sir Isaac (British), 220, 320; Laws of Motion, 320,
296; photographs of Milky Way, 315, 317 321
hurricanes. See weather North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 183, 191, 192

Indian Ocean: fishIng In, 196; minerals of, 196; ports and oceanography, 201--41. See also oceans
bases, 196; strategic geography, 196-97 oceans, 181-200, 201--41; basins, 181; continental shelf, 206-
IlltematiOlwl Space Statioll, 284, 286 7, 343; currents in, 218-20; floor of, 206--10; food cycle
ionosphere. See atmosphere, of Earth. in, 225-26; formation of, 202; fouling and deterioration,
232-33; gyres, 218, 344; life cycle in, 224--26; noises in,
jet sh'eams, 246, 344 231-32; pollution in, 238--41; research in, 236--38; ridges,
Jupitel; 285, 297, 299, 304-{); atmosphere of, 304-{); moons, 207-8; sediments, 209-10; winds, 218
306; Red Spot, 306
Pacific Ocean: fishing in, 197; minerals of, 197; ports and
Kuroshio Current, 219-20 bases, 197-98; strategic geography, 198
Panama Canal, 187
La Nma effect, 225 Persian Gulf: fishing in, 195; minerals of, 195; ports and
Libya, attack on (1986), 192 bases, 195; strategic geography, 196
LUllar Prospector spacecraft, 290, 291 Pioneer spacecraft, 285, 297, 304, 306, 307
planets, 297-309; planetary data table, 299
Mach munbers, 323, 344 Planet X, 309
Magellan spacecraft, 285, 299-300 Pluto, 287, 297, 308-9, See also Charon, satellite
magnetosphere, 295, 344, See also Earth
magnihlde, of celestial body, 314--15 Qaddafi, Muammar (Libyan), 192
marine animals: dangerous, 233-36; in open ocean, 229; in
shallow seas, 226 radar, 334-35, 345
Marine Mammal Protective Act, 228 reconnaissance aircraft incident with China, 2001, 198
Mariner spacecraft, 285, 289, 299, 300 Red Sea: fishing in, 194; minerals of, 194; ports and bases,
Mars, 285, 286, 297, 299, 300--304; face on, 301-2 194; strategic geography, 194--95
Mars Path/in del' spacecraft, 302-3 Red Tide, 225
Mars rover spacecraft: Opportullity, 303; Sojourner, 302-3; relative humidity, 251-52
Spirit,303
Mediterranean Sea, 190-92; fishing in, 191; minerals of, Sargasso Sea, 218-19
191; ports and bases, 191-92; strategic geography, 192 Saturn,297,299,306-7
Mercury, planet, 297-98, 299 science, branches of, 319
meteoroids, 312, 313, 344 scientific method, 319
meteorology, 243-77; and history, 243--44 SCUBA gear, 237
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 207 seals, 228
Mid-Ocean Ridge, 208 seamotmts, 208-9
Milky Way galaxy, 317 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SEll), 283, 287