Atmospheric flight on venus: A conceptual design

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 672-677

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a   Colozza, Anthony ^a   LaMarre, Christopher M ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PLANETS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; WINGS;

SOLAR INTENSITY; SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; VENUS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 0142242127     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6916     Document Type: Article

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