Survey of flexibility in space exploration systems

International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008

Volumn 12, Issue , 2008, Pages 7784-7796

  Lafleur, Jarret M ^a   Saleh, Joseph H ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; MIR SPACE STATION; MISSION SUCCESS; MODULAR DESIGNS; PAPER SAMPLES; PERFORMANCE GAIN; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REQUIREMENT CHANGE; SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEMS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPACE SYSTEM; SYSTEM CHANGE; SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY;

MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE STATIONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 77950490436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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