Comments on: MIT Open Courseware Aircraft Systems Engineering Lectures http://orbitalhub.com/?p=285 The place where space exploration, science, and engineering meet Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:34:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Invader Xan http://orbitalhub.com/?p=285&cpage=1#comment-257 Invader Xan Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:21:43 +0000 http://orbitalhub.com/?p=285#comment-257 Fantastic. Thank you very much -- and yes, if I find any other good videos I'll drop you a link here! :) Fantastic. Thank you very much — and yes, if I find any other good videos I’ll drop you a link here! :)

]]> By: dj http://orbitalhub.com/?p=285&cpage=1#comment-256 dj Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:41:06 +0000 http://orbitalhub.com/?p=285#comment-256 Hi Xan, There is some information about materials engineering in the lectures. For example, Lecture #5 presents the orbiter structure and the thermal protection system. Tom Moser (I believe he is a structure guy) gives a good presentation of the rationales that led to the present configuration of the orbiter and the choices that were made regarding the materials they used for the ceramic tiles. I forgot to mention that they have the lectures on YouTube as well. Lecture #5 is titled<a target="blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2jN_26m8LM" rel="nofollow">Orbiter Structure + Thermal Protection System</a>. If you come across more videos about materials engineering in the space industry, please let me know. Hi Xan,

There is some information about materials engineering in the lectures. For example,
Lecture #5 presents the orbiter structure and the thermal protection system. Tom Moser (I believe he is a structure guy) gives a good presentation of the rationales that led to the present configuration of the orbiter and the choices that were made regarding the materials they used for the ceramic tiles.
I forgot to mention that they have the lectures on YouTube as well. Lecture #5 is titledOrbiter Structure + Thermal Protection System.

If you come across more videos about materials engineering in the space industry, please let me know.

]]> By: Invader Xan http://orbitalhub.com/?p=285&cpage=1#comment-255 Invader Xan Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:13:05 +0000 http://orbitalhub.com/?p=285#comment-255 Wow... Thanks for sharing this. A load of free lectures should help keep me entertained for quite a while! Just a quick question before I wade in -- How much information is there on the materials engineering side of spacecraft design? My undergrad degree was in materials science and it always interested me what alloys and other materials they used in constructing the shuttles... :) Wow… Thanks for sharing this. A load of free lectures should help keep me entertained for quite a while!

Just a quick question before I wade in — How much information is there on the materials engineering side of spacecraft design? My undergrad degree was in materials science and it always interested me what alloys and other materials they used in constructing the shuttles… :)

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