| Commercial lunar propellant architecture: A collaborative study of lunar propellant production D Kornuta, A Abbud-Madrid, J Atkinson, J Barr, G Barnhard, D Bienhoff, ... Reach 13, 100026, 2019 | 179 | 2019 |
| Human Exploration of Mars, Design Reference Architecture 5.0 (and addendum) F Abilleira, M Acuna, R Alena, J Alonso, A Anbar, J Arnold, J Arnold, ... NASA, 2009 | 175* | 2009 |
| Affordable, rapid bootstrapping of the space industry and solar system civilization PT Metzger, A Muscatello, RP Mueller, J Mantovani Journal of Aerospace Engineering 26 (1), 18-29, 2013 | 143 | 2013 |
| Apollo 12 lunar module exhaust plume impingement on lunar Surveyor III C Immer, P Metzger, PE Hintze, A Nick, R Horan Icarus 211 (2), 1089-1102, 2011 | 116 | 2011 |
| Phenomenology of soil erosion due to rocket exhaust on the Moon and the Mauna Kea lunar test site PT Metzger, J Smith, JE Lane Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 116 (E6), 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
| Space development and space science together, an historic opportunity PT Metzger Space Policy 37, 77-91, 2016 | 108 | 2016 |
| Jet-induced cratering of a granular surface with application to lunar spaceports PT Metzger, CD Immer, CM Donahue, BT Vu, RC Latta III, ... Journal of Aerospace Engineering 22 (1), 24-32, 2009 | 100 | 2009 |
| Automated additive construction (AAC) for earth and space using in situ resources RP Mueller, S Howe, D Kochmann, H Ali, C Andersen, H Burgoyne, ... 15th Biennial ASCE Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and …, 2016 | 90 | 2016 |
| Apollo video photogrammetry estimation of plume impingement effects C Immer, J Lane, P Metzger, S Clements Icarus 214 (1), 46-52, 2011 | 81 | 2011 |
| The world is not enough (WINE): Harvesting local resources for eternal exploration of space K Zacny, P Metzger, K Luczek, J Mantovani, RP Mueller, J Spring Aiaa Space 2016, 5279, 2016 | 79 | 2016 |
| Lagrangian trajectory modeling of lunar dust particles JE Lane, PT Metzger, CD Immer, X Li Earth & space 2008: Engineering, science, construction, and operations in …, 2008 | 74 | 2008 |
| Craters formed in granular beds by impinging jets of gas PT Metzger, RC Latta III, JM Schuler, CD Immer AIP Conference Proceedings 1145 (1), 767-770, 2009 | 60 | 2009 |
| Granular contact force density of states and entropy in a modified Edwards ensemble PT Metzger Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 70 (5 …, 2004 | 58 | 2004 |
| ISRU implications for lunar and martian plume effects P Metzger, X Li, C Immer, J Lane 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and …, 2009 | 55 | 2009 |
| Simulating the Surface Morphology of a Carbonaceous Chondrite Asteroid SD Covey, JS Lewis, PT Metzger, DT Britt, SE Wiggins 15th Biennial ASCE Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and …, 2016 | 53 | 2016 |
| Cratering and blowing soil by rocket engines during lunar landings PTMJE Lane, CDIS Clements Lunar settlements, 569-594, 2010 | 52 | 2010 |
| An analysis of the precursor measurements of Mars needed to reduce the risk of the first human mission to Mars DW Beaty, K Snook, CC Allen, D Eppler, WM Farrell, J Heldmann, ... JPL, 2005 | 51 | 2005 |
| Robotic lunar surface operations 2 A Austin, B Sherwood, J Elliott, A Colaprete, K Zacny, P Metzger, M Sims, ... Acta Astronautica 176, 424-437, 2020 | 48 | 2020 |
| Simulated asteroid materials based on carbonaceous chondrite mineralogies DT Britt, KM Cannon, K Donaldson Hanna, J Hogancamp, O Poch, P Beck, ... Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54 (9), 2067-2082, 2019 | 43 | 2019 |
| Estimation of Apollo lunar dust transport using optical extinction measurements JE Lane, PT Metzger Acta Geophysica 63, 568-599, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
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