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The Interplanetary Transport Network: Space Transportation Architecture for the 21st Century. Shane Ross. Control & Dynamical Systems. www.cds.caltech.edu/~shane. Collaborators: M.W. Lo (JPL/NASA), J.E. Marsden & W.S. Koon (CDS). 5 May 2004. Everhart Lecture Series.
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The Interplanetary Transport Network: Space Transportation Architecture for the 21st Century Shane Ross Control & Dynamical Systems www.cds.caltech.edu/~shane Collaborators: M.W. Lo (JPL/NASA), J.E. Marsden & W.S. Koon (CDS) 5 May 2004 Everhart Lecture Series Animation Source: Cici Koenig
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