Robotic astrobiology - The need for sub-surface penetration of Mars

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 518, 2002, Pages 313-317

  Ellery, A ^a   Ball, A ^b   Cockell, C ^c   Coste, P ^d   Dickensheets, D ^e   Edwards, H ^f   Hu, H ^g   Kolb, C ^h   Lammer, H ^h   Lorenz, R ⁱ   McKee, G ^j   Richter, L ^k   Winfield, A ^l   Welch, C ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d ESTEC   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^h Osterreichische Akad der Wiss ^*  (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^k GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; METEORITES; PEROXIDES; ROBOTICS; SPACECRAFT; WATER;

ROBOTIC ASTROBIOLOGY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036766064     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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