Integrated reentry and penetrator vehicle (IRPV) for subsurface soil collection and analysis on Mars
Conference
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OSTI ID:281994
The continued exploration of Mars is a high priority item with NASA`s interplanetary science community. It has long been a desire of this group to define an experiment that would investigate the possible presence and location of water/ice beneath the Martian surface. Until recently, however, there has not been a flight experiment dedicated to achieving this goal. This paper describes a concept design effort conducted at Sandia National Labs in collaboration with JPL and CalTech that has produced a feasible flight system to investigate this question.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 281994
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--96-2043C; CONF-9609207--1; ON: DE96013821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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