R. C. Elphic

Ames Research Center, Planetary Systems (United States), California Institute of Technology

Papers

12

Total Citations

184

H-Index

7

About

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Research Focus

Astrobiology9 · 153 citations
Computer science9 · 128 citations
Mars Exploration Program3 · 111 citations
Martian2 · 104 citations
Engineering7 · 95 citations
Geology8 · 93 citations
Environmental science6 · 83 citations
Geography3 · 72 citations
Architecture1 · 60 citations
Exploration of Mars1 · 60 citations
Archaeology1 · 60 citations
Crew1 · 60 citations

Key Achievements

7
H-Index
12
Papers
184
Total Citations
15
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
Mission Architecture Using the SpaceX Starship Vehicle to Enable a Sustained Human Presence on Mars
60 citations · 2021
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2015 (3 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 100
🏛 Institutions: Ames Research Center, Planetary Systems (United States), California Institute of Technology

Top Papers

  1. 1
    Mission Architecture Using the SpaceX Starship Vehicle to Enable a Sustained Human Presence on Mars
    60 citations · 2021
  2. 2
    A Low-Diversity Microbiota Inhabits Extreme Terrestrial Basaltic Terrains and Their Fumaroles: Implications for the Exploration of Mars
    44 citations · 2019
  3. 3
    Recent Exploration of the Moon: Science from Lunar Missions Since 2006
    23 citations · 2023
  4. 4
    Operating LADEE: Mission architecture, challenges, anomalies, and successes
    13 citations · 2015
  5. 5
    Simulated real-time lunar volatiles prospecting with a rover-borne neutron spectrometer
    10 citations · 2015
  6. 6
    Lunar polar rover science operations: Lessons learned and mission architecture implications derived from the Mojave Volatiles Prospector (MVP) terrestrial field campaign
    9 citations · 2016
  7. 7
    Preliminary Results of Hydrogen Prospecting with a Planetary Rover
    7 citations · 2008
  8. 8
    Near-Infrared monitoring of volatiles in frozen lunar simulants while drilling
    5 citations · 2016
  9. 9
    Online Multi-modal Learning and Adaptive Informative Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Exploration
    5 citations · 2017
  10. 10
    SMART: Instrumented Drill for ISRU Investigations on the Moon
    3 citations · 2023

Key Collaborators

ACA. Colaprete6 shared papersJLJ. L. Heldmann6 shared papersTLT. L. Roush4 shared papersACAmanda Cook3 shared papersMDMatthew Deans3 shared papersKZK. Zacny3 shared papersDSD. S. S. Lim3 shared papersTFTerry Fong3 shared papersEFE. Fritzler2 shared papersJBJohn Bresina2 shared papersCSC. Stoker2 shared papersLKL. Kobayashi2 shared papersLSLeo Stolov2 shared papersRERobert E. McMurray2 shared papersMMMargarita Marinova2 shared papersJRJ. R. Skok2 shared papersNEN. E. Button2 shared papersSKS. Karunatillake2 shared papersASA. Sehlke1 shared papersMDMatthew D’Ortenzio1 shared papers
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