Preliminary infrastructure development for Altair sortie operations

AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Thangavelu, Madhu ^a   Mekonnen, Eshete ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS ROADS; ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS; ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT; CRITICAL ISSUES; DUST SUPPRESSION; EMERGENCY EXIT; EXPLORATION SYSTEMS; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; LANDING ZONES; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; LUNAR DUST; LUNAR HABITATS; LUNAR SURFACE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; SELECTION CRITERIA; SURFACE VEHICLE MOVEMENTS; SURFACE VEHICLES;

AIRPORT BUILDINGS; ARCHITECTURE; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; HANGARS; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; LANDING; MOON; NASA; SINTERING; SITE SELECTION; SURFACES; VEHICLES;

DUST;

EID: 77958550230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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