Towards a substantially autonomous aerobot for titan exploration

AIAA's 3rd Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Forum

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Elfes, Alberto ^a   Hall, Jeffery L ^a   Montgomery, James F ^a   Bergh, Charles F ^a   Dudik, Brenda A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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