Ralph Halvorsen is the Administrator of the Southern Province of the moon. As such, he oversees the Clavius Base and all its outgoing missions, including those to Tycho Crater, the site of TMA-1. More than the other scientists, he is sympathetic to Floyd and the President’s epidemic cover story. His daughter is Diana Halvorsen.
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Chapter 10
...vehicles cozy up to the Aries-1B ship, and one of them connects to its airlocks. Ralph Halvorsen , the Administrator of the Southern Province, and Dr. Roy Michaels, the Chief Scientist, introduce...
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