BIG BLUE II: Mars aircraft prototype with inflatable-rigidizable wings

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 3189-3200

  Simpson, Andrew ^a   Jacob, Jamey ^a   Smith, Suzanne ^a   Rawashdeh, Osamah ^a   Lumpp, James ^a   Smith, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FUSELAGES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; WINGS;

MARS; NASA; RIGIDIZATION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 30744450966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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