Feasibility study of water Vapor adsorption on mars for in situ resource utilization

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Coons, S C ^a   Williams, J D ^a   Bruckner, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS ADSORPTION; LANDING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE HEATING; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PLANNING; PROPULSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROCKETS; SIEVES; SITE SELECTION; SOLS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER VAPOR; ZEOLITES;

EXTRACTION OF WATERS; IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; SPECIFIC POWER INPUTS; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON; WATER VAPOR ADSORPTION; ZEOLITE MOLECULAR SIEVES;

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EID: 84962802876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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