Ultra lightweight ballutes for return to earth from the moon

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1295-1302

  Masciarelli, James P ^a,f,g   Lin, John K H ^b,g,h   Ware, Joanne S ^b,i   Rohrschneider, Reuben R ^c,g,j   Braun, Robert D ^c,g,j,k   Bartels, Robert E ^d,l   Moses, Robert W ^d,g,m   Hall, Jeffery L ^e,n  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b ILC DOVER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Spacecraft Systems ^*

^g AIAA   (United States)

^h Engineered Products Group   (United States)

ⁱ Research and Technology   (United States)

^j Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^k MS 340 ^*

^l Aeroelasticity Branch   (United States)

^m Exploration Systems Engineering Branch   (United States)

ⁿ Mobility and Robotic Systems Section   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS TOOLS; MASS SAVINGS; OPERATIONAL SIMPLICITY; ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT BALLUTES;

AERODYNAMICS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NASA; REENTRY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34247129633     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Masciarelli, J.; Miller, K.; "Ultralightweight Ballute Technology Advances," Proceedings of the 2nd International Planetary Probe Workshop, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, August 2004.
3. Masciarelli, J.; Miller, K.; Rohrschneider, R.; Morales, A.; Stein, J.; Ware, J.; Lawless, D.; Westhelle, C; Gnoffo, P.; Buck, G.; McDaniel, J.; "Fly Higher, Fly Lighter, Fly Cooler: Progress in Ultralightweight Ballute Technology Development," 53rd Joint Army-Navy-NASA-Air Force (JANNAF) Propulsion Meeting, Monterey, CA, Dec. 2005.
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7. th AIAA/AHI Space Planes & Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Nov. 2006.
8. Bartels, R. E., Moses, R. W., Scott, R. C., Templeton, J. D., Cheatwood, F. M., Gnoffo, P. A., Buck, G. M., "A Proposed Role of Aeroelasticity in NASA's New Exploration Vision," CEAS/DGLR/AIAA International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics, Munich Germany, June 28-July 1, 2005.
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