A self-sustaining Earth-Mars architecture utilizing martian colonies based on the North Polar Cap

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1217-1234

  Powell, J ^a   Maise, G ^a   Paniagua, J ^a  

^a Plus Ultra Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; ICE; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ROBOTICS; STEAM TURBINES; THERMAL INSULATION;

HYDROCARBON FUELS;

PLANETS;

EID: 0034840824     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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