Venus surface power and cooling system design

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 6698-6706

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a   Mellott, Kenneth C ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAT GENERATION; HEAT SINKS; RADIATORS; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMODYNAMICS;

HIGH-DENSITY ATMOSPHERE; HOT SINK TEMPERATURE; RADIATOR TEMPERATURE;

PLANETS;

EID: 34249059326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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