Trade study of excavation tools and equipment for lunar outpost development and ISRU

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 969, Issue , 2008, Pages 237-244

  Mueller, R P ^a   King, R H ^b  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Lunar outpost; Lunar soil excavators and excavation; Trade study

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349107640     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2844973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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