Mobile science platforms for impassable terrain

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Curtis, Steven A ^a   Brandt, Matt ^a   Bowers, Gregory ^a   Brown, Gary ^a   Cheung, Cynthia ^a   Desch, Mike ^a   Desch, Noah ^a   Dorband, John ^a   Lee, Ken ^a   Lunsford, Alan ^a   Shur, Nicholas ^a   Wesenberg, Rick ^a   Rilee, Michael L ^b   Clark, Pamela ^b   Watson, Richard ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b L 3 Communications GSI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE SCIENCE PLATFORM (MSP); PARALLEL SYSTEMS; PAYLOAD; TERRAINS;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MEMS; NASA; NEMS; ROCKS;

SPACE PLATFORMS;

EID: 34047126980     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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