Mars ascent propulsion options for small sample return vehicles

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Whitehead, John C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOSTERS (ROCKET); ENGINES; PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

LAUNCH VEHICLE DESIGN; LOW PRESSURES; MARS ORBIT; MINIATURE PUMPS; SMALL SAMPLES; SPACE PROPULSIONS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84962916622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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