Uses systems engineering methods for designing a spacecraft intended for human occupancy and provides a working knowledge of the technologies used to sustain life. Emphasis is placed on deriving functional requirements from stated mission objectives, developing integrated vehicle schematics, and comparing design options by trade study.

Graduate student status or instructor consent.

Larson and Pranke, Human Spaceflight Mission Anlysis and Design, McGraw-Hill, Space Technologies Series, 2000.
Eckart, Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics, Space Tech. Library Vol. 5, Kluwer Academic Publishers & Microcosm Press, 1996.

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