The lectures were conceived with the intent of providing the audience with a glimpse of the activities of a few mechanical engineers who are involved in designing, building, and testing spacecraft. Engineering courses generally consist of heavily idealized problems in order to allow the more efficient teaching of mathematical technique. Students, therefore, receive a somewhat limited exposure to actual engineering problems, which are typified by more unknowns than equations. For this reason it was considered valuable to demonstrate some of the problems faced by spacecraft designers, the processes used to arrive at solutions, and the interactions between the engineer and the remainder of the organization in which he is constrained to operate.
These lecture notes are not so much a compilation of sophisticated techniques of analysis as they are a collection of examples of spacecraft hardware and associated problems. They will be of interest not so much to the experienced spacecraft designer as to those who wonder what part the mechanical engineer plays in an effort such as the exploration of space.
Document ID
19670001952
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
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Date Acquired
August 3, 2013
Publication Date
March 28, 1962
Publication Information
Publication: Seminar Proceedings Mechanical Design of Spacecraft
Publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Issue Publication Date: August 1, 1962
Subject Category
Report/Patent Number
Meeting Information
Meeting: Mechanical Design of Spacecraft
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: US
Start Date: March 28, 1962
End Date: May 23, 1962
Sponsors: Jet Propulsion Lab
Accession Number
67N11281
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Public
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Public Use Permitted.
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