Titan mission studies - A historical review

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 162-174

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerocapture; Balloon; Mission design; Titan

Indexed keywords

AEROCAPTURE; HISTORICAL REVIEW; LIGHTER-THAN-AIR VEHICLES; MISSION CONCEPTS; MISSION DESIGN; MULTIPLE PLATFORMS; TITAN; VEHICLE TYPES;

BALLOONS;

EID: 70149095456     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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