The principle of topological interlocking in extraterrestrial construction

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-21

  Dyskin, A V ^a   Estrin, Y ^b   Pasternak, E ^a,b   Khor, H C ^a   Kanel Belov, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ECOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPACECRAFT; TOPOLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONSTRUCTION; LUNAR CONSTRUCTION; SPACE EXPLORATION; TOPOLOGICAL INTERLOKING;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 18544387910     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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