New courses in Aeronautics and Astronauticshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Aeronautics-and-Astronautics/index.htm2008-04-29MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course is a detailed technical and historical exploration of the Apollo project to "fly humans to the moon and return them safely to earth" as an example of a complex engineering system. Emphasis is on how the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance. Guest lectures are featured by MIT-affiliated engineers who contributed to and participated in the Apollo missions. Students work in teams on a final project analyzing an aspect of the historical project to articulate and synthesize ideas in engineering systems.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Science--Technology--and-Society/STS-471JSpring-2007/CourseHome/index.htmMindell, DavidYoung, Laurence2007-11-01T12:54:45-04:00STS.471JESD.30J16.895Jen-USAeronautics and AstronauticsAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineeringmission to Marsspace sciencelunar scienceman on the moonspace craft designNASAKennedy1960s politicsSoviet space programSovietsspace programApollo programastronautsLEMLMlunar modulelunar landingspace explorationScience, Technology, and SocietyEngineering Systems DivisionMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm