Smart Divert: A new entry, descent, and landing architecture

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grant, Michael J ^a   Steinfeldt, Bradley A ^a   Braun, Robert D ^a   Barton, Gregg H ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LANDFORMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PARACHUTES; ROBOTICS; SITE SELECTION; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

ENTRY , DESCENT , AND LANDINGS; HIGH PROBABILITY; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; MAJOR AXIS LENGTHS; MARS EXPLORATION ROVER; ROBOTIC MISSIONS; SLOPING TERRAINS; SUPERSONIC PARACHUTE;

LANDING;

EID: 78549293248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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