Venus sample return missions - A range of science, a range of costs

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 52, Issue 2-6, 2003, Pages 165-172

  Sweetser, Ted ^a   Peterson, Craig ^a   Nilsen, Erik ^a   Gershman, Bob ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLOUDS; COMPOSITION; COSTS; GASES; PLANETARY LANDERS; PLANETS; ROCKETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

VENUS ASCENT VEHICLE (VAV);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0037240545     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00153-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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