Flight system options for a long-duration Mars airplane

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 3rd "Unmanned-Unlimited" Technical Conference, Workshop, and Exhibit

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 833-846

  Rohrschneider, Reuben R ^a,d   Olds, John R ^a,d   Braun, Robert D ^a,d   Hutchinson Jr , Virgil ^a,d   Kuhl, Christopher A ^b,e   Steffes, Stephen R ^c,f  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^e Exploration Engineering Branch   (United States)

^f Guidance and Navigation Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT SYSTEM; PALEOMAGNETS; RADAR SOUNDING; VISUAL IMAGING;

ITERATIVE METHODS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METHANOL FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROPULSION; SPACE RESEARCH;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 19644377585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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