Space Systems Engineering - Fundamentals, Technologies, and Projects for the 21st Century (original) (raw)

This book is intended as an introduction to both the historical design challenges of transport and space hardware design, and the new engineering methods needed for future projects. The online format is also intended to address some of the limitations of traditional printed textbooks: - Their high cost in recent years, which is addressed by making this an open-source Wikibook, - The inability to include other media types, such as audio, video, simulations, and software. - The relative difficulty of updating printed books in a fast moving field. - The very large amount of information in this field, which is addressed by links and a supplementary library - The lack of practice projects. Learning well involves more than just reading, it should include hands-on work The latter part of the book includes real projects which interested readers or teams can work on.