Technologies for exploring the martian subsurface

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mukherjee, Suparna ^a   Bartlett, Paul ^b   Glass, Brian ^c   Guerrero, Jose ^d   Stanley, Scott ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Swales Aerospace   (United States)

^e Alliance Spacesystems LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION TASKS; MARS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM; PERMAFROST DRILLING; SAMPLING SYSTEMS;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; PLANETARY LANDERS; ROBOTIC ARMS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34047099947     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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