Human mars missions: Cost driven architecture assessments

AIAA Defense and Civil Space Programs Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Donahue, Benjamin B ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COST REDUCTION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; NETWORK SECURITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

ARCHITECTURE ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DESIGN REFERENCE MISSIONS; HUMAN MARS MISSION; MARS ARCHITECTURES; MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; VEHICLE CONFIGURATION;

LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT);

EID: 85088353147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-5285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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