Planetary sample caching system design options

AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Collins, Curtis ^a,b   Younse, Paulo ^a,b   Backes, Paul ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b M/S 82 105 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

CACHING SUB-SYSTEMS; CACHING SYSTEM; DESIGN CONCEPT; FAMILIES OF SOLUTIONS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MARS ASCENT VEHICLE; SAMPLE ACQUISITIONS; SAMPLE HANDLING;

CORE SAMPLES;

EID: 77958542505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-6506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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