A passive earth-entry capsule for mars sample return

7th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Mitcheltree, R A ^a   Kellas, S ^a   Dorsey, J T ^a   Desai, P N ^a   Martin, C J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; CARBON; CHARACTERIZATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS AND TESTING; CHARACTERIZATION TESTS; COMPOSITE SANDWICHES; ENERGY-ABSORBING MATERIALS; MARS SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS; POTENTIAL FAILURE MODES; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION;

FOAMS;

EID: 84983119200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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