Learning outcomes
This event includes a self-selected task from the area of space exploration and space propulsion
go through the typical project phases of a space project. This is intended to provide practical experience and independent work imparted and the necessary basics and special features of carrying out a space project are developed. As part of
By working on the topics in small groups, concrete solutions are developed, prototypes are implemented and the results are presented presents. The students learn to classify their own work within the performance of a project team and with others
to work together. Over the course of the semester, presentations of the interim results take place in the manner of typical space reviews instead of. This enables you to gain experience for the form of exchange between people that is very important in your later professional life Clients and project team to collect.
The students acquire the following skills:
- Overview of the management of space projects with typical phases
- Practical planning and implementation of a project (definition of the task, creation of a list of requirements, derivation of a schedule, work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Work Package Description (WPD)
- Planning and conducting reviews (PDR, CDR, AR)
- Preparation of technical reports
- Teamwork
- Pragmatic implementation of the task by designing and building prototypes and carrying out tests
- Problem-solving skills
- Focusing on the main goals of the project
Teaching content
The module first provides an overview of the planning and management of a space project.
A topic is then selected from a list of tasks from ongoing or planned projects of the working group
“Exploration and Propulsion” from the field of space technology are derived. On this basis, the students develop one Project plan and your own solution approaches. Below, a detailed draft will be created as part of several work packages Development pushed forward. After carrying out reviews, the system is manufactured and integrated
Carrying out tests to characterize materials and components.
The topics of the module come from the following areas:
- Utilization of the resources of space and other celestial bodies (In-situ Resource Utilization, ISRU)
- Experimental exploration and lander drives as well as their systems and their validation
- Development of robotic systems for use on other celestial bodies with a focus on the moon
- Design of infrastructures on other celestial bodies as well as techniques for their construction and operation
