ENAE 483/788D - Fall, 2024
Lecture #01
Course Syllabus/Team Projects

  Space Systems Laboratory - Department of Aerospace Engineering - University of Maryland

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Lecture Notes

Lecture slides (PDF; 3.0 Mb, 51 pgs.)

Lecture Videos

Supplemental Notes

Supplemental Videos

Clip from "Spider" (episode of From the Earth to the Moon - HBO Films) [MOV (MPEG 4) - 138 Mb] - I think this is the most realistic depiction of aerospace vehicle design ever shown in a fictional film.

References

Website References

National Institute of Aerospace RASC-AL site detailing their competition, including the descriptions of their themes for 2025 (http://rascal.nianet.org)

Detailed descriptions of the 2025 RASC-AL themes and guidelines for the competition (2025 RASC-AL Competition Guidelines)

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search) - Every technical report published by or for NASA, and for NACA before that. Many reports are instantly downloadable in PDF format.

AIAA Technical Reports (https://www.aiaa.org) - Free access to AIAA meeting papers and journals from university computers

IEEE Technical Reports (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org) - Free access to IEEE meeting papers and journals from university computers (IEEE has a very active Aerospace community, as well as being the prime source for topics like robotics and sensors)

Problem Set #01

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