The design of the canyon flyer, an airplane for mars exploration

38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Smith, Stephen C ^a   Hahn, Andrew S ^a   Johnson, Wayne R ^a   Kinney, David J ^a   Pollitt, Julie A ^a   Reuther, James J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; BATTERY POWERED ELECTRIC MOTOR; MARS EXPLORATION; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPERATIONAL SCENARIO; RECIPROCATING ENGINES; SCIENCE EXPLORATION;

AIR NAVIGATION;

EID: 85086488803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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