Will space actually be the final frontier of humankind?

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 287-295

  Genta, Giancarlo ^a   Rycroft, Michael ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CAESAR Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT LANDING;

APOLLO LANDINGS; SPACE PROGRAMMES;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 32844469144     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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