Gundlach, IV, 1999 - Google Patents
Unmanned solar-powered hybrid airships for mars explorationGundlach, IV, 1999
- Document ID
- 2987004432085688828
- Author
- Gundlach, IV J
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- 37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit
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This paper details a study for a self-launching aerobot capable of supporting a Mars ground rover. Ground vehicles have little information of the terrain beyond the next boulder but an aerobot can detect geological features of interest for the Mars-bound rover to investigate …
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
- B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
- B64B1/06—Rigid airships; Semi-rigid airships
- B64B1/24—Arrangement of propulsion plant
- B64B1/30—Arrangement of propellers
- B64B1/32—Arrangement of propellers surrounding hull
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES [GHG] EMISSION, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
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