Planetary micro-penetrator concept study with biomimetric drill and sampler design

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 875-885

  Gao, Yang ^a   Ellery, Alex ^a   Jaddou, Mustafa ^b   Vincent, Julian ^b   Eckersley, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

BIOMARKER DETECTION; BIOMIMETIC DRILL; PLANETARY MICRO-PENETRATOR;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 36849049276     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2007.4383580     Document Type: Article

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