A design comparison of atmospheric flight vehicles for the exploration of Titan

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1278-1295

  Gasbarre, Joseph F ^a,c,d   Wright, Henry S ^a,d,e   Lewis, Mark J ^b,d,f  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Structural and Thermal Systems Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Exploration Systems Engineering Branch   (United States)

^f 3188 Martin Hall ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT VEHICLES; NEAR-SURFACE POSITIONING; SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION MISSION; TITAN;

EARTH (PLANET); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 29344454952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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