Q: Could it be a matter of months?

A: It could.

Q: Jack, could it be as long as a year?

A: It's just impossible for me to say. We must wait for the findings of the investigative committee.

Q: Does this postponement have anything to do with the Russian decision to curtail their space program after the crash of Zond 19?

A: You'd have to ask the Russians about that.

Q: I see that Jeremy Stone is on the list of the investigative committee. How did you happen to include a bacteriologist?

A: Professor Stone has served on many scientific advisory councils in the past. We value his opinion on a broad range of subjects.

Q: What will this delay do to the Mars-landing target date?

A: It will certainly set the scheduling back.

Q: Jack, how far?

A: I'll tell you frankly, it's something that all of us here would like to know. We regard the failure of Andros V as a scientific error, a breakdown in systems technology, and not as a specifically human error. The scientists are going over the problem now, and we'll have to wait for their findings. The decision is really out of our hands.

Q: Jack, would you repeat that?

A: The decision is out of our hands.

References

Listed below is a selected bibliography of unclassified documents, reports, and references that formed the background to the book.

DAY ONE

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2. Toller, G. G. Essence and Evolution. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1953.

3. Stone, J., et al. "Multiplicative Counts in Solid Plating," J. Biol. Res. 17:323-7.

4. Stone, J., et al. "Liquid-Pure Suspension and Monolayer Media: A Review," Proc. Soc. Biol Phys. 9:101-14.

5. Stone, J., et al. "Linear Viral Transformation Mechanisms," Science 107:2201-4.

6. Stone, J., "Sterilization of Spacecraft," Science 112:1198-2001.

7. Mortey, A., et al. "Preliminary Criteria for a Lunar Receiving Laboratory," NASA Field Reports, #7703A, 123 pp.

8. Worthington, Al, et al. "The Axenic Environment and Life Support Systems Delivery," Jet Propulsion Lab Tech. Mem. 9:404-11.

9. Hegler, V. A., et al. "Near Space Life: A Predictive Model for Retrieval Densities," Astronaut. Aeronaut. Rev. 19:449-507.

10. Testimony of Jeremy Stone before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee, Space and Preparedness Subcommittee (see Appendix).

11. Manchek, A. "Audiometric Screening by Digital Computer," Ann. Tech. 7:1033-9.

12. Wilson, L. O., et al. "Unicentric Directional Routing," J. Space Comm. 43:34-41.

13. Project Procedures Manual: Scoop. U.S. Gov’t Printing office, publication #PJS-4431.

14. Comroe, L. "Critical Resonant Frequencies in Higher Vertebrate Animals," Rev. Biol Chem. 109:43-59.

15. Pockran, A. Culture, Crisis and Change. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1964.

16. Manchek, A. "Module Design for High-Impact Landing Ratios," NASA Field Reports #3-3476.

17. Lexwell, J. F., et al. "Survey Techniques by Multiple Spectrology," USAF Technical Pubs., #55A-789.

18. Jaggers, N. A., et al. "The Direct Interpretation of Infrared Intelligence Data," Tech. Rev. Soc. 88:111-19.