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The challenges of designing a lightweight spacecraft structure for landing on the lunar surface

Julie Bassler, Scott Cooper, Devamanohar Ponnusamy, Marc A. Briere, Theresa Betenbaugh

Acta Astronautica · 2011 · 18 citations · 2 references

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References

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Studies of touchdown stability for lunar landing vehicles

William C. Walton, R. W. HERE, H. W. Leonard · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets · 1964 · 22 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering +17

Analysis of Legged Landers for the Survivable Soft Landing of Instrument Payloads

R. M. Laurenson, R. A. Melliere, J. R. Mcgehee · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets · 1973 · 13 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering +17