Concepts for a low-cost Mars micro mission

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 542, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Walker, R J ^a   Ball, A J ^b   Price, M E ^a   Sims, M R ^c   Taylor, F W ^d   Wells, N S ^a   Zarnecki, J C ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ICE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MOON; PLANETARY LANDERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH;

MARS ORBIT; SPACE MISSIONS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842311271     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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