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  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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  • Advisor: Miotto, Piero
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Simulation development and analysis of attitude-control system architectures for an astronaut mobility unit

Rize, Jared Philip (2014)

  • Advisors: Jeffrey A. Hoffman; M/lichele D. Carpenter
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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