Robotic hovercraft for surface mobility on Titan, a moon of Saturn

Space 2008 Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lipin, Amanda B ^a  

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Indexed keywords

3D-SCANNING; CASSINI ORBITER; CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; DIFFERENT SCALE; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; HUYGENS PROBE; LOW-ALTITUDE; MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; NEAR-SURFACE; OXYGEN-RICH ATMOSPHERES; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SUB-SURFACE MATERIALS; SURFACE EXPLORATION; SURFACE MOBILITY; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; WATER TRANSPORT;

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; METHANE; MOON; OXYGEN; PROBES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

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EID: 78049502837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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