10 ways spacecrafts teach better design

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SPACESHIPST O L E A R N F R O M

AND THEIR DESIGN

ENGINEERINGIS DONE WITH

ANALYSIS WITHOUTNUMBERSIS ONLY AN OPINION

THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF ITERATIONS IS

ONE MORE THAN YOU HAVECURRENTLY DONE

YOUR BEST DESIGN EFFORTS

DISAPPOINTMENTLEARN TO LIVE WITH THE

WILL INEVITABLYWIND UP BEING USELESSIN THE FINAL DESIGN

NOT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IS NEVER AN EXCUSE

FOR NOT STARTINGTHE ANALYSIS

THERE IS NEVER A SINGLE

SOLUTIONTHOUGH THERE ARE ALWAYS MULTIPLE

WRONG ONES

WHEN IN DOUBT,ESTIMATEIN AN EMERGENCY,

GUESS

BUT BE SURE TO GO BACK AND

CLEAN UP THE MESS WHEN THE

REAL NUMBERS COME ALONG.

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 IS EXCELLENT FOR PROVIDING

A REALITY CHECK. TOO MUCH REALITY CAN DOOM AN OTHERWISE WORTHWHILE DESIGN,

THOUGH.

THE FACT THAT AN ANALYSIS

HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF ITS BEING

CORRECT.

APPEARS IN PRINT

THE ODDS ARE GREATLY AGAINST YOU BEING IMMENSELY SMARTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FIELD.

BUT THE CHANCES ARE A LOT BETTER THAT YOU'VE SCREWED UP.

IF YOUR ANALYSIS SAYS YOUR TERMINAL VELOCITY IS TWICE THE SPEED OF LIGHT,

YOU MAY HAVE INVENTED

WARP DRIVE,

ALL THE IMAGES IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE COPYRIGHTED BY THEIR CREATORS AND ARE FROM A GREAT SITE CALLED

CONCEPT SHIPShttp://conceptships.blogspot.com

GO VISIT THEM!

THE DESIGN RULES ARE A COLLECTION OF “LAWS” FROM ACTUAL SPACECRAFT DESIGNERS, WHO DESIGN THINGS FOR THE MOST INTENSE AND DANGEROUS OF

ENVIRONMENTS - A CLIENT CALLED SPACE.

AKIN’S LAWS OF SPACECRAFT DESIGN

http://bit.ly/akinslaws

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Markus Sandelin

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