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Rocket Science 101 专项课程

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Rocket Science 101 专项课程

Explore modern & historic innovations in rocketry.

Gain expertise in global rocketry history, orbits, rocket engines, and the benefits of space exploration.

位教师：Aaron Ridley

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您将学到什么

Analyze spacecraft orbits and fuel requirements, evaluating the costs and benefits of diverse rocket engines and designs.
Explore the historical development of US space programs and the impact of Germany's WWII rocket advancements.
Examine modern applications, including satellite systems supporting daily life, celestial object distinctions, and the experiences of space travel.

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Rocket Science 101 focuses on the history of rocketry across the globe, how orbits work, rocket engine functions, and the benefits of space missions. Take a deeper look at how Hollywood’s depictions of space travel, and the things it gets right and wrong about rocket science.

The Basics of Rocket Science

第 1 门课程, 小时

您将学到什么

Describe different orbits and how spacecraft can use orbit changes to get from one place to another
Determine how much rocket fuel is needed to lift different rockets off the ground and put them into orbit
Describe the costs and benefits of different types of rocket engines and designs

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类别：Physics

类别：Mechanics

类别：Chemical Engineering

类别：Trigonometry

类别：Engineering

类别：Electrical Power

类别：Mathematical Modeling

类别：Calculus

The History of Rocket Science

第 2 门课程, 小时

您将学到什么

Describe the progression and the reasoning behind the US's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs
Describe the costs and benefits of the space shuttle program, and why the US lost two shuttles
Describe how Germany developed rockets for warfare in WWII and how the US and USSR used this technology to develop their rocket programs

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类别：Emerging Technologies

类别：World History

类别：Aerospace Basic Quality System Standards

类别：International Relations

类别：Manufacturing and Production

类别：Timelines

类别：Engineering Design Process

类别：Political Sciences

Rocket Science in Everyday Life

第 3 门课程, 小时

您将学到什么

Understand how different satellite systems help support our everyday life, such as weather and GPS satellites
Understand the difference between asteroids and comets, and describe the ramifications of different sizes of objects encountering the Earth
Describe how spaceships far away from the Earth can get places, what that should look like, and what forces the people on board would actually feel