Atmospheric risk assessment for the Mars science laboratory entry, descent, and landing system

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Allen ^a   Vasavada, Ashwin ^a   Cianciolo, Alicia ^b   Barnes, Jeff ^c   Tyler, Dan ^c   Rafkin, Scot ^d   Hinson, David ^e   Lewis, Stephen ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Open University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE MODELING; ATMOSPHERE MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; ATMOSPHERIC UNCERTAINTIES; DATA SETS; ENTRY , DESCENT , AND LANDINGS; ENTRY SYSTEM; KEY SYSTEMS; LANDING CAPABILITY; MARS ATMOSPHERE; MARS LANDERS; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSIONS; MODELING TEAM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE SENSITIVITY; SURFACE OF MARS;

LANDING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

SPACECRAFT LANDING;

EID: 77952826357     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2010.5447015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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