Astrobiological relevance and feasibility of a sample collection mission to the atmosphere of Venus

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 518, 2002, Pages 247-250

  Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^a   Irwin, Louis N ^a   Irwin, Troy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b TexAsfronautics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANETS; SPACECRAFT;

VENUS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036766097     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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