Towards an in-situ endospore detection instrument

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 660-669

  Shafaat, Hannah S ^a   Cable, Morgan L ^a   Ikeda, Michael K ^a   Kirby, James P ^a   Pelletier, Christine C ^a   Ponce, Adrian ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL SPORES; ENDOSPORE DETECTION INSTRUMENT; INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL; MARTIAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 33751507035     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2005.1559356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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