10 ways spacecrafts teach better design

10 THINGSTO LEARN FROMSPACESHIPSAND THEIR DESIGN

ENGINEERING IS DONE WITHANALYSIS WITHOUT NUMBERS IS ONLY AN OPINION

THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF ITERATIONS ISONE MORE THAN YOU HAVE CURRENTLY DONE

YOUR BEST DESIGN EFFORTSWILL INEVITABLYWIND UP BEING USELESSIN THE FINAL DESIGN LEARN TO LIVE WITH THEDISAPPOINTMENT

NOT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IS NEVER AN EXCUSEFOR NOT STARTING THE ANALYSIS

THERE IS NEVER A SINGLESOLUTION THOUGH THERE ARE ALWAYS MULTIPLEWRONG ONES

WHEN IN DOUBT, ESTIMATE IN AN EMERGENCY, GUESS AND RE T O GO BACK BUT BE SU MESS WHE N THE THE CLEAN UP S COME AL ONG. BER REAL NUM

A BAD DESIGN WITH A GOOD PRESENTATION IS DOOMED EVENTUALLYA GOOD DESIGN WITH A BAD PRESENTATION IS DOOMED IMMEDIATELY

THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE A DESIGN OCCURS PRIMARILY AT THE INTERFACES. THIS IS ALSO THE PRIME LOCATION FOR SCREWING IT UP.

PAST EXPERIENCE ISEXCELLENT FOR PROVIDING A REALITY CHECK. TOO MUCH REALITY CAN DOOM AN OTHERWISE WORTHWHILE DESIGN, THOUGH.

THE FACT THAT AN ANALYSISAPPEARS IN PRINTHAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF ITS BEING CORRECT.

THE ODDS ARE GREATLY AGAINST YOU BEING IMMENSELY SMARTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FIELD.IF YOUR ANALYSIS SAYS YOUR TERMINALVELOCITY IS TWICE THE SPEED OF LIGHT, YOU MAY HAVE INVENTED WARP DRIVE, BUT THE CHANCES ARE A LOT BETTER THAT YOUVE SCREWED UP.

ALL THE IMAGES IN THIS PRESENTATIONARE COPYRIGHTED BY THEIR CREATORS AND ARE FROM A GREAT SITE CALLED CONCEPT SHIPS http://conceptships.blogspot.com GO VISIT THEM!

THE DESIGN RULES ARE A COLLECTION OF “LAWS”FROM ACTUAL SPACECRAFT DESIGNERS, WHO DESIGNTHINGS FOR THE MOST INTENSE AND DANGEROUS OF ENVIRONMENTS - A CLIENT CALLED SPACE. AKIN’S LAWS OF SPACECRAFT DESIGN http://bit.ly/akinslaws

Markus Sandelin Thanks for reading! markus@kingmuffin.com @banton +358 443 699 887If you want to contact me

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10 ways spacecrafts teach better design

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