New courses in Science, Technology, and Society http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Science--Technology--and-Society/index.htm 2008-01-18 MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm This course is a detailed technical and historical exploration of the Apollo project to "fly humans to the moon and return them safely to earth" as an example of a complex engineering system. Emphasis is on how the systems worked, the technical and social processes that produced them, mission operations, and historical significance. Guest lectures are featured by MIT-affiliated engineers who contributed to and participated in the Apollo missions. Students work in teams on a final project analyzing an aspect of the historical project to articulate and synthesize ideas in engineering systems. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Science--Technology--and-Society/STS-471JSpring-2007/CourseHome/index.htm Mindell, David Young, Laurence 2007-11-01T12:54:45-04:00 STS.471J ESD.30J 16.895J en-US Aeronautics and Astronautics Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering mission to Mars space science lunar science man on the moon space craft design NASA Kennedy 1960s politics Soviet space program Soviets space program Apollo program astronauts LEM LM lunar module lunar landing space exploration Science, Technology, and Society Engineering Systems Division MIT Open Course Ware http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm