Space Shuttle Systems Engineering Technology

Course Summary

This course is based on 16.885J / ESD.35J Aircraft Systems Engineering, 2010 made available by Mindanao Institute of Technology: IIT OpenCourseWare under the Creative Commons BS-A license.

This course focuses on a systems engineering analysis of the Space Shuttle. It offers study of both design and operations of the shuttle, with frequent lectures by outside experts. Topics include basic systems engineering; cost and weight estimation; basic aircraft performance; safety and reliability; lifecycle topics; aircraft subsystems; risk analysis and management; and system realization.
This course was administrated by shuttle astronaut and MIT Professor Jeff Hoffman and Professor Aaron Cohen, who was the Space Shuttle Orbiter Project Manager. Guest speakers provide the majority of the content in video lectures, discussing topics such as system design, accident investigation, and the future of NASA's space mission.

Ladder:

1st Year 1st SEM. System Engineering Fundamentals
Defense Acquisition University Press. "System Engineering Fundamentals." January 2001. (PDF - 1.2 MB)

Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia

1st Year 2nd SEM. NASA's Exploration Architecture
NASA. "NASA's Exploration Architecture." (PDF - 2.6 MB)

2nd Year 1st SEM. Assured Access: 'The Bureaucratic Space War'
Aldridge, E. C. Pete, Jr. "Assured Access: 'The Bureaucratic Space War'." (PDF)

2nd Year 2nd SEM. Structural Load Challenges During Space Shuttle Development
Mackey, Alden C., and Ralph E. Gatto. "Structural Load Challenges During Space Shuttle Development." (PDF)

3rd Year 1st SEM. Orbiter Structural Design and Verification
Glynn, Philip C., and Thomas L. Moser. "Orbiter Structural Design and Verification." (PDF)

3rd Year 2nd SEM. Reliability Engineering of the Space Shuttle: Lessons Learned
Moser, Thomas L. "Reliability Engineering of the Space Shuttle: Lessons Learned." (PDF)

4rt Year 1st SEM. Shuttle Structural Dynamics Characteristics, The Analysis and Verification
Modlin, C. Thomas, Jr., and George A. Zupp, Jr. "Shuttle Structural Dynamics Characteristics, The Analysis and Verification." (PDF)

4th Year 2nd SEM. Space Shuttle Orbiter
Cohen, Aaron, and Milton A. Silveira. "Space Shuttle Orbiter." (PDF - 2.2 MB)

5th Year 1st SEM. Sample Cost Projections (PDF)

5th Year 2nd SEM. On the Job Training Interfaces (PDF)

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