Dual balloon concept for lifting payloads from the surface of Venus

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA 5th ATIO and the AIAA 16th Lighter-than-Air Systems Technology Conference and Balloon Systems Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 218-229

  Kerzhanovich, Viktor V ^a,b   Hall, Jeffery L ^a,b   Yavrouian, Andre H ^a,c   Cutts, James A ^a,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Mobility and Robotic Systems Section   (United States)

^c M/S 125 109   (United States)

^d Solar System Space Exploration Directorate

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE BALLOON; VENUS ASCENT VEHICLE (VAV); VENUS IN-SITU EXPLORER (VISE); VENUS SURFACE SAMPLE RETURN (VESSR);

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; DATA MINING; EARTH (PLANET); OPTIMIZATION; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

EID: 33644499150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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