The mars airplane: A credible science platform

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 396-407

  Braun, Robert D ^a   Wright, Henry S ^b   Croom, Mark A ^b   Levine, Joel S ^b   Spencer, David A ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AUDIO SYSTEMS; CAMERAS; COSTS; MAGNETOMETERS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROMETERS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

FLIGHT SYSTEM DESIGN; MARS AIRPLANE MISSION ARCHITECTURE; PLANETARY AIRCRAFTS; PLANETARY SCIENCE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 11244283764     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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