The Europa Ocean Discovery mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3111, Issue , 1997, Pages 249-261

  Edwards, Bradley C ^a   Chyba, Christopher F ^a   Abshire, James B ^a   Burns, Joseph A ^a   Geissler, Paul ^a   Konopliv, Alex S ^a   Malin, Michael C ^a   Ostro, Steven J ^a   Rhodes, Charley ^a   Rudiger, Chuck ^a   Shao, Xaun Min ^a   Smith, David E ^a   Squyres, Steven W ^a   Thomas, Peter C ^a   Uphoff, Chauncey W ^a   Walberg, Gerald D ^a   Werner, Charles L ^a   Yoder, Charles F ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discovery program; Europa; Extraterrestrial life; Jupiter; Lidar; Ocean; Radar; Solar system exploration; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; OPTICAL RADAR; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ORBITING SPACECRAFT;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0031306426     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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