Malapert Mountain: Gateway to the Moon

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2467-2472

  Sharpe, Burton L ^a   Schrunk, David G ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Quality of Laws Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY MANAGEMENT; MOON; MOON BASES; RADAR IMAGING;

LUNAR TOPOGRAPHY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EXPLORATION; MOON; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0141673651     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00535-0     Document Type: Article

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