Ares mission overview - Capabilities and requirements of the robotic aerial platform

2nd AIAA "Unmanned Unlimited" Conference and Workshop and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Wright, Henry S ^a   Croom, Mark A ^a   Braun, Robert D ^a   Qualls, Garry D ^a   Levine, Joel S ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASA;

AERIAL PLATFORM; AIRPLANE FLIGHT; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; NORTH CAROLINA; PLATFORM SELECTION; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; TRADE-STUDY; WRIGHT BROTHERS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84896058106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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