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Lecture Notes

The lectures from this course are available in video and audio formats. In many cases, the lecture slides are available to follow along with the videos, and biographies provide background of the guest speakers' careers.

Course notes.
SES #	TOPICS
1	The Origins of the Space Shuttle
2	Space Shuttle History
3	Orbiter Sub-System Design
4	The Decision to Build the Shuttle
5	Orbiter Structure + Thermal Protection System
6	Propulsion - Space Shuttle Main Engines
7	Aerodynamics - (From Sub - to Hypersonic and Back)
8	Landing and Mechanical Systems
9	OMS, RCS, Fuel Cells, Auxiliary Power Unit and Hydraulic Systems
10	The DoD and the Space Shuttle
11	Use of Subsystems as a Function of Flight Phase
12	Aerothermodynamics
13	Environmental Control Systems
14	Ground Operations - Launching the Shuttle
15	Space Shuttle Accidents
16	Guidance, Navigation and Control
17	Mission Control 1
18	Mission Control 2
19	Design Process as it Relates to the Shuttle
20	EVA and Robotics on the Shuttle
21	Systems Engineering for Space Shuttle Payloads
22	Test Flying the Space Shuttle
23	Class Feedback and Wrap up