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STS.471[J] Engineering Apollo: The Moon Project as a Complex System
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(Same subject as 16.895[J])
Prereq: None
Units: 4-0-8![]()
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. Emphasizes how the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance. Guest lectures 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.
J. A. Hoffman and D. Mindell