Managing energy and mode transitions in skip entry guidance for lunar return trajectories

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2007. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231). === Skip entry trajectories provide a technique for returning an astronaut crew from the Moon to a continental United States landing site at any ti...

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Main Author: Miller, Melanie A. (Melanie Ann), S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Gregg H. Barton and John J. Deyst, Jr.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47792