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Engineering in the 21st centuryReasonable evolutionary trends in federal outlays for aerospace research and development predict a continuing decline in real resources (1970 dollars) until the mid eighties, and a growth thereafter to the 1970 level by 2000, still well below the 1966 peak. Employment levels will parallel this trend with no shortage of available personnel foreseen. These trends characterize a maturing industry. Shifts in outlook toward the economic use of resources, rather than minimum risk at any cost, and toward missions aligned with societal needs and broad national goals will accompany these trends. These shifts in outlook will arise in part in academia, and will, in turn, influence engineering education. By 2000, space technology will have achieved major advances in the management of information, in space transportation, in space structures, and in energy. The economics of space systems must be the primary consideration if the space program foreseen for the 21st century is to become an actuality.
Document ID
19780025437
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mccarthy, J. F., Jr. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1978
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer
Report/Patent Number
E-9714
NASA-TM-79010
Meeting Information
Meeting: Anniv. Conf. of the Am. Astronautical Soc.
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: October 30, 1978
End Date: November 2, 1978
Accession Number
78N33380
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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