Tier-scalable reconnaissance missions for the autonomous exploration of planetary bodies

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Fink, Wolfgang ^a   Dohm, James M ^b   Tarbell, Mark A ^a   Hare, Trent M ^c   Baker, Victor R ^b   Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^d   Furfaro, Roberto ^e   Fairén, Alberto G ^f   Ferré, Ty P A ^b   Miyamoto, Hideaki ^g   Komatsu, Goro ^h   Mahaney, William C ⁱ  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

ⁱ YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; PLANETARY LANDERS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SAFETY FACTOR;

DATASETS; PLANETARY BODIES; RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS; SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34548739634     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2007.352715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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