Mars exploration entry, descent and landing challenges

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Braun, Robert D ^a   Manning, Robert M ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN EXPLORATION; MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM; ROBOTIC ASSETS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETARY LANDERS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33845770637     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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