Technology in Spacecraft Design
Objective :
Engineers now use varied types of technology to design, manipulate, predict and analyze the workings of different physical components of a new space vehicle.
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Video : Ares: Designing and Engineering Rockets
Building a space launch vehicle is one of the most complex engineering tasks imaginable: Over a million parts must come together and work perfectly under extremely severe conditions. How do you go about building something like this? What are some of the tools and strategies engineers use? And just what is "Systems Engineering?" Go on location with six engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in this latest in our series of programs about the Ares Projects.
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