Science from a mars airplane: The Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey (ares) of mars

2nd AIAA "Unmanned Unlimited" Conference and Workshop and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Levine, Joel S ^a   Blaney, Diana L ^b   Connerney, John E P ^c   Greeley, Ronald ^d   Head, James W ^e   Hoffman, John H ^f   Jakosky, Bruce M ^g   McKay, Christopher P ^h   Sotin, Christophe ⁱ   Summers, Michael E ^j  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^j GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKETS; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEYS; MARS AIRPLANES; MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM; MEASUREMENTS OF; OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE; REGIONAL SCALE; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SURFACE OF MARS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 85088723254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-6576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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