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Jorge Alves is a leading figure in aerospace engineering, specializing in the complex dynamics of rocket plume-regolith interactions on airless planetary bodies. His work is critical to the success of future sample return missions, most notably ESA’s Phobos Sample Return (PhSR), a candidate under the Mars Robotic Exploration Preparation Programme. Alves’s most cited paper, "Numerical and experimental capabilities for studying rocket plume-regolith interactions" (2016, 12 citations), provides foundational methodologies for predicting how lander exhaust will disturb surface materials during soft landings. By integrating computational models with experimental validation, he has enabled safer, more precise touchdown strategies for missions targeting the Moon, Phobos, and other low-gravity worlds. His contributions directly address a key challenge in planetary exploration: preventing spacecraft contamination or destabilization from ejected regolith. Though early in his citation impact, Alves’s work is pivotal for upcoming international missions, positioning him as a vital contributor to the next generation of extraterrestrial sample retrieval.
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