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Entry and landing probe for titan
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Cuzzi, J. N. Butts, A. J. Carroll, P. C. Murphy, J. P. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Results of a recent study of entry and landing probes for the exploration of Titan are presented. The probes considered were based on a wide range of exploration mission possibilities. They included: an atmospheric science probe, an intermediate atmospheric and limited surface science probe, and a larger atmospheric and expanded surface science probe. Because of lower gravity on Titan and its atmospheric characteristics, the entry environment is less severe than that of Mars. However, the large uncertainties in the current definition of the atmosphere and the uncertainties in Titan's surface characteristics have required tradeoffs of various combinations of entry and descent shapes and hard lander configurations. Results show that all probe classes are feasible without major developments. |
| File Size | 664710 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19980033937 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1wd8pg0v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Saturn Planet Satellite Atmospheres Space Probes Titan Project Atmospheric Physics Landing Space Exploration Planetary Orbits Atmospheric Entry Titan Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
