A light-weight inflatable hypersonic drag device for Venus entry

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue PART 1, 2000, Pages 819-827

  McRonald, Angus ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 2342508593     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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