Orbital debris impact damage to reusable launch vehicles

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1 PART II, 1999, Pages 783-794

  Robinson, Jennifer H ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; REUSABLE ROCKETS; SPACE DEBRIS;

ORBITAL DEBRIS IMPACT DAMAGE;

BALLISTICS;

EID: 0033364859     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(99)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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