Unmanned solar-powered hybrid Airsphips for mars exploration

37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Gundlach, John F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIRSHIPS; BALLOONS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GROUND VEHICLES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANFORMS; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; VEHICLES;

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; DATA TRANSMISSION RATES; ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PROPELLER AERODYNAMICS; TARGETS OF INTEREST;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84983196421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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