Modular structures for manned space exploration: The truncated octahedron as a building block

A Collection of Technical Papers - 1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1109-1134

  De Weck, O L ^a,b,c   Nadir, W D ^a,c,d   Wong, J G ^a,c,d   Bounova, G ^a,c,d   Coffee, T M ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Engineering Systems Division   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCKING; SPACECRAFT; SURVEYS;

DOCKING PORTS; MARS TRANSFER; SPACE EXPLORATION; SURFACE HABITAT VEHICLES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 28744449293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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