Research needs in electrostatics for lunar and mars space missions

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 327-333

  Mazumder, Malay K ^a   Calle, Carlos I ^b   Pruessner, K ^a   Sharma, Rajesh ^a   Srirama, Praveen K ^a   Ali, Mohammed ^a   Immer, Christopher ^b   Trigwell, Steve ^b   Sidney Clements, J ^c   Biris, Alexandra S ^a   Mantovani, James ^d   Chen, Albert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Oklahoma Baptist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust inhalation; Electrodynamic screen; Mars dust; Moon dust; Particle charge; Particle size

Indexed keywords

DUST INHALATION; ELECTRODYNAMIC SCREEN; MARS DUST; MOON DUST; PARTICLE CHARGE; PARTICLE SIZE;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSTATICS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SOLAR CELLS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33745919222     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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