In situ manufacturing of plastics and composites to support H&R exploration

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 1122-1129

  Carranza, Susana ^a   Makel, Darby B ^a   Blizman, Brandon ^a  

^a Makel Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; In situ manufacturing; ISRU; Plastics; Radiation shielding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751201268     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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