Space Exploration

Space ExplorationBoy Scout Presentation

November 17, 2003

Amanda KellyShara Walenta Brad Steinfeldt

Agenda

I. Rocket Pioneers

II. Opportunities in the Space Industry- The parts of a space mission- A Mars Mission Case Study- Various Fields in Aerospace Engineering

III. UT Aerospace Engineering Student Projects- Launching small satellites- Floating in weightlessness!

IV. Questions

Rocket Pioneers:

Space Exploration from Dream to Reality

Rocket Pioneers

• Inspiration– Jules Verne

• Fathers of Rocketry– Tsiolkovsky– Goddard– Oberth

• Rocket Engineer– Von Braun

Jules Verne1828 - 1904

– Long distance travel in balloon– Very long range cannon– Helicopter– Apollo project that led the first men to the Moon in 1969 – Interplanetary travels – Electrical engine

– 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea– Around the World in 80 Days– A Journey to the Center of the Earth– From the Earth to the Moon

•Wrote various poems, novels, and short stories

•Predictions from his writing

K.E. Tsiolkovsky

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“To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon,to observe Mars from a distance of several tens of kilometers, to land on itssatellite or even on its surface, what can be more fantastic?” - Tsiolkovsky

Father of Russian Astronautics (1857 – 1935)

• Specialized in liquid fuel propellants, multistage rockets, and space travel

• Theoretical Scientist but never made a rocket himself

• Famous Rocket Equation:

•Predictions:- Orbital space station- Settlements outside of Earth

Robert Goddard

• Some Historical Firsts for Goddard

– First proved that a rocket will work in a vacuum, that it needs no air to push against

– First received U.S. patent in idea of multi-stage rocket, 1914

– First developed and shot a liquid fuel rocket, March 16,1926

– First developed gyro control apparatus for rocket flight Robert H. Goddard besides

1926 liquid- fueled rocket.Flew 41 ft. in the air.

“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is thehope of today and reality of tomorrow.” - Goddard

Father of American modern rocket propulsion1882-1945

Hermann Oberth

• Inspired by Jules Verne’s famous novel:“From Earth to the Moon”

• 1923, he became the first to prove that rockets could put a man into space

• He originated the idea of a multi-stage rocket

• V-2 (Vengeance) rocket, World War II

• He was the first person to suggest an manned orbiting laboratory similar to what is now the International Space Station (ISS)

Father of Space TravelRomania, 1894-1989

Werner Von Braun

• Assistant to Hermann Oberth for V-2 rocket

• Taken to the US after the war• Director of Marshall Space Flight

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German Rocket Engineer1912-1977

Programs at NASA:

• Redstone Rocket - launched first satellite for western hemisphere

• Saturn V and 1B- Used to carry astronauts to the Moon on Apollo missions- Used to launch Skylab, worlds first space station

Apollo 11 Video

Career Opportunities in the Space Industry

Behind the Scenes of a Mission•To accomplish a mission, engineers are broken down into teams:

- airframe/structure

- propulsion system

- guidance, navigation, and control

- thermal systems

- power systems

- human living environment systems

- science payloads to orbit

- microgravity science experiments

•These teams are further broken down into sub-teams

A successful mission requires thousands of engineers and scientists working together across the country

Case Study:

Mars Exploration Rovers:

Spirit and Opportunity

Fields in Aerospace Engineering

• Manned Missions• Un-Manned Missions

- Science Research and Exploration - Communications and National Defense

• Private Industry Competition

Humans in Space

Space Shuttle

International Space Station

Orbital Space Plane

Humans Establish a Presence in Space

Un-Manned Missions

KeplerStardust

Deep Space Science

Communications

Private Industry Space Flight

X Prize: Civilian Race to Space

Student Aerospace Projects at The University of Texas

What are UTStudents Doing?

• CanSat– Small Coke can sized satellite– Launched to 12,000 feet in

2002• FASTRAC

– Automatically performs navigation maneuvers between 2 satellites

• Tracking Station– Able to send/receive

information about satellites and their orbits

Exciting Projects Break New Ground

“The Weightless Wonder”

• KC-135 Projects– Satellite Orientation Control– Satellite Separation– Flame Studies

KC-135 Projects Allow Students to feel “weightless”

Questions?