Learning from the Mars Rover Mission: Scientific discovery, learning and memory

Journal of Knowledge Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-102

  Linde, Charlotte ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Space technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644852775     PISSN: 13673270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13673270610656656     Document Type: Article

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