Psychology of Space Exploration

Subject Index

Triandis, Harry C., 184–186
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin, 48
Two cultures, vii
Type A personality, 60
UCLA (University of California, Los
Angeles), 9
Uncertainty avoidance, 152, 188
as a cultural dimension, 188
definition of, 188–189
United Kingdom, 179
United States Exploring Expedition, 64
University of Hawaii, 63
University of North Carolina at Wilmington,
70
U.S. Marine Corps, 74
U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 9, 11,
22, 40, 74
U.S. National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
70
U.S. Naval Support Force Antarctica, 139
Utah, 75
Vakoch, Douglas A., 214–215
Value hierarchies, 158–159, 162, 164, 170
Achievement, 159, 162–164, 170–171
Benevolence, 159
Conformity, 159, 162–164, 168, 171,
172
Hedonism (enjoyment), 159, 162, 164,
168, 172
Power, 152, 159, 164, 169
Security, 152, 159, 162, 171–172
Self-Direction, 159, 162, 164, 169
Spirituality, 159–160, 162, 164, 168,
171
Stimulation, 159, 164, 168
Tradition, 159
Universalism, 159, 162, 172
Value orientation, 152, 174, 187, 190–191
cultural dimensions of, 152, 164, 170,
187
research on, 177
Values, 144, 147, 162, 168–170, 173–174, 200

differences between Russians and

Americans, 152, 159, 162, 164

in multinational space crews, 162,

164–175, 197

national differences in, 197

Vander Ark, Steven, 42

Verne, Jules, 48, 144

Vietnam, 179

Vinci, Leonardo da. See da Vinci, Leonardo

Virgin Galactic, 104

Virgin Islands, 70

Vision for Space Exploration, 85, 126

Voas, Robert, 21, 24

von Braun, Wernher, 18, 48

Vostok 6, 129

Wayne, John, 25

Weick, Karl, 27

Weightless Environmental Training Facility

(WET-F), 48

Weightlessness, 5, 15, 19

Weitekamp, Margaret A., 7–8, 38, 39

Wells, H. G., 48

White, Frank, 29

Whitson, Peggy, 12–13, 130

Wichman, Harvey A., 14, 197, 215–216

Wilk, Kasia E., 14, 199, 216

Williams, Jeff, 98

Williams, Sunni, 12

Willis, Kimberly J., 13, 216–217

Windows, 14, 22, 28, 80, 85, 89, 92, 99, 113

of opportunity, 31

Winter-over syndrome, 71

WISE (Women in Space Earlier), 38

Wolfe, Tom, 41

Women

as astronauts, 25, 38–39, 125, 129,

145–146

Lovelace’s Women in Space Program,

129

NASA, employment by, 38–41, 125,

129–130

qualifications of, 129

in space, 125, 129