This engaging and accessible book is designed as a quick and easy way to get up to speed on all things in space technology. It also offers extensive references and links that allow readers to delve deeper into the subject.Whether you were a newcomer to space technology or a seasoned professional, this book is the best way to brush up on the basics of everything from satellite design and construction to the physics behind objects orbiting celestial bodies.Written in an acces...

This is a brief text. Mainly, because I don't have time to write it. I am part of a seed stage startup, which is supposed to ship a product soon. Now, some good and bad news for you. I am not your typical author, so please lower your expectations. I am not a guru, I am not even remotely wealthy, I am not popular: last time I checked I had 20 followers on Twitter, and decreasing. If anything, the value of this book lies in the fact these lines come from a place which is, I assume, not that ...

This book provides a guide to engineering successful and reliable products for the NewSpace industry. By discussing both the challenges involved in designing technical artefacts, and the challenges of growing an organisation, the book presents a unique approach to the topic.New Space Systems Engineering explores numerous difficulties encountered when designing a space system from scratch on limited budgets, non-existing processes, and great deal of organizational fluidity ...

This open access booktakes a deep dive into the depths of modern engineering practice. With wit, precision, and just the right amount of indignation, this book exposes the creeping rot behind today’s glossy prototypes, frameworks, standards, and fads. From the problem of early productization to the (dark) art of faking requirements, each chapter is a no-nonsense autopsy of how brilliant ideas die under the weight of bureaucracy, reuse fetishism, and corporate theatre. This is not a book fo...

Este libro busca poner a contraluz junto a algunos pre-conceptos repetidos hasta el hartazgo alrededor de las carreras ingenieriles. La Ciencia Dura indaga en el rol de la ingeniería en la pequeña y mediana empresa, y cómo éstas últimas son el motor de la economía a nivel global. A su vez, se adentra en el mundo STEM y lo extiende agregando arte, diseño y pensamiento sistémico (Systems Thinking). Se analiza el ADN de la ingeniería argentina, se visitan ejemplos de sistemas complejos desarr...