Inflatable solar sails for low-cost robotic mars missions

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 1-10

  Frisbee, Robert H ^a   Brophy, John R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ORBITS; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; LAUNCH COSTS; MARS ORBIT; MICRO SPACECRAFTS; PLANETARY MISSION; PLANETARY SCIENCE; ROBOTIC MARS MISSION;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 84962833115     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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