The future of scientific ballooning

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1861, 2007, Pages 3003-3017

  Pagitz, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balloon; Pumpkin; Radiolarian; Superpressure; Ultra long duration balloon

Indexed keywords

NASA;

BALLOON DESIGNS; CUTTING PATTERNS; DESIGN PARADIGM; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; PUMPKIN; RADIOLARIAN; SCIENTIFIC BALLOONS; SUPERPRESSURE; ULTRA LONG DURATION BALLOONS;

BALLOONS;

AVIATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

AVIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 38449095974     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.0002     Document Type: Article

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