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Accession Number
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DE2012-1033419
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Title
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Design of Small Impact-Resistant RTGs for Global Network of Unmanned Mars Landers.
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Publication Date
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Jun 1991
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Media Count
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16p
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Personal Author
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A. Schock
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Abstract
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Ongoing studies by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the robotic exploration of Mars contemplate a network of at least twenty small and relatively inexpensive landers distributed over both low and high latitudes of the Martian g ...
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Keywords
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Design
Mars environment
Radioisotope heat sources
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator(RTG)
Solar power plants
Space missions
Spacecraft power supplies
Thermoelectric generators
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Source Agency
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Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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NTIS Subject Category
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77C - Nuclear Auxiliary Power Systems
84 - Space Technology
97N - Solar Energy
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Corporate Author
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Fairchild Space Co., Germantown, MD.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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N/A
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NTIS Issue Number
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1307
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Contract Number
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N/A
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