Numerical estimations of lunar regolith trajectories and damage potential due to rocket plumes
Authors:
- Douglas FontesDFDouglas Fontes
- James G. MantovaniJMJames G. Mantovani
- Philip MetzgerPhilip Metzger
- 26 February 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Acta Astronautica
- Vol. 195, 169-182
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Funding Information
- NASA John F Kennedy Space Center (80NSSC20M0012)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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