Cratering and blowing soil by rocket engines during lunar landings

Lunar Settlements

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 551-576

  Metzger, Philip T ^a   Lane, John E ^b   Immer, Christopher D ^b   Clements, Sandra ^b  

^a Kennedy Space Center NASA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85055817798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420083330     Document Type: Chapter

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