Analysis of science team activities during the 1999 Marsokhod Rover Field Experiment: Implications for automated planetary surface exploration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E4, 2001, Pages 7775-7783

  Thomas, Geb ^a   Reagan, Mark ^a   Bettis III, E Arthur ^a   Cabrol, Nathalie ^b   Rathe, April ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Inventa Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 0034907903     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001180     Document Type: Article

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