Roadmap to a star

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-97

  Anderson, John L ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; ROBOTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

INTERSTELLAR ROADMAP; ROBOTICS EXPLORATION; SPACE EXPLORATION;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 0032668782     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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