The hubble-shuttle linkage and the future of space-based astronomy

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1218-1228

  Avnet, Mark S ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for International Science and Technology Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ROBOTICS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE SHUTTLES;

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (HST); JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST); SERVICING MISSION 4 (SM4);

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 28844442915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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