The eighth continent: A vision for exploration of the moon and beyond

AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bakhtian, Noël M ^a   Zorn, Alan H ^a   Maniscalco, Matthew P ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Stellar Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RACES; SPACEFARING;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 77958520892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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