NEMO: A mission to search for and return to Earth possible life forms on Europa

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 57, Issue 2-8, 2005, Pages 579-593

  Powell, Jesse ^a   Powell, James ^a   Maise, George ^a   Paniagua, John ^a  

^a Plus Ultra Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROLYSIS; MELTING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE (AUV); HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION (NTP); STEAM POWER CYCLE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 19944422457     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.04.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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