Regolith as a resource in solar system human and robotic exploration

61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1415-1426

  Mueller, Robert P ^a   Metzger, P T ^a   Mantovani, J G ^a  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER GAS; ECONOMIC WEALTH; ENERGY SOURCE; FUTURE MISSION; HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN SURVIVAL; NEAR EARTH OBJECTS; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; PLANT GROWTH; PURGE GAS; REDUCED GRAVITY; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; ROBOTIC EXPLORATIONS;

ASTRONOMY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EARTH (PLANET); MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RADIATION SHIELDING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 79959413241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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