SPADE: A rock-crushing and sample-handling system developed for Mars missions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Hansen, Candice J ^a   Paige, David A ^b   Bearman, Gregory ^a   Fuerstenau, Stephen ^a   Horn, Jennifer ^a   Mahoney, Colin ^a   Patrick, Steven ^a   Peters, Greg ^a   Scherbenski, Josh ^a   Shiraishi, Lori ^a   Zimmerman, Wayne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; MARS; MINERALOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PETROLOGY; ROCK; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34548306959     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002413     Document Type: Article

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