Mining of lunar polar ice

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Duke, Michael B ^a   Gustafson, Robert J ^a   Rice, Eric E ^a  

^a Orbital Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; LUNAR MISSIONS; MOON; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

BENEFICIAL USE; COLD TRAPS; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; LUNAR POLAR; SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS; SHADOWED REGIONS;

ICE;

EID: 84983098294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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