An overview of wind-driven rovers for planetary exploration

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1491-1503

  Hajos, G A ^a,d,e   Jones, J A ^b,e,f   Behar, A ^b,e,g   Dodd, M ^c,e,h  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Virginia Air and Space Center   (United States)

^d Missions Branch   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Advanced Thermal and Mobility Technologies

^g Mail Stop 198 235   (United States)

^h Education Department

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JET PROPULSION; MASS HANGING; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS;

AERODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLANETS; ROBOTICS;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 30744431671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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