A stochastic process for prioritizing lunar exploration technologies

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2005 Conference and Exposition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 58-69

  St Germain, B ^a,b,c   Charania, A ^a,b,c   Olds, J ^a,b,c  

^a SpaceWorks Engineering Inc (SEI) ^*  (United States)

^b AIAA ^*  (South Africa)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; DOCKING; EVALUATION; HYDROGEN; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); OXYGEN; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; PROPELLERS; PROPULSION; RANDOM PROCESSES; ROCKET ENGINES; SPACE SHUTTLES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); ARCHITECTURE; COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; DECISION MAKING; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIQUEFIED GASES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TRAJECTORIES;

ABBREVIATED TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND SELECTION (ATIES) METHODOLOGY; LUNAR EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES; MATURATION BUDGETS; MISSION SCENARIO ANALYSIS TOOL (MSAT); AUTOMATED RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING; BASE-LINE ARCHITECTURE; CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABLE EXPLORATION; TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFICATION; TECHNOLOGY MATURATION;

LUNAR MISSIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 29544435774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-6607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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