The moon: Optimum location for the first industrial / scientific base in space

Space 2002 and Robotics 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 122-128

  Schrunk, David G ^a  

^a Quality of Laws Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATION; MOON BASES; ORBITS; PLANETS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

INDUSTRIAL-SCIENTIFIC BASE; NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS;

MOON;

EID: 0036994754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40625(203)17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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