Small Spacecraft Development Project-Based Learning Implementation and Assessment of an Academic Program /

• Main Authors: Straub, Jeremy (Author), Marsh, Ronald Arthur (Author), Whalen, David J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Science education.; Technical education.; Engineering/Technology Education.; Educational Technology.; Science Education.

This book provides the information that is required to start a small spacecraft program for educational purposes. This will include a discussion of multiple approaches to program formation and build / buy / hybrid decision considerations. The book also discusses how a CubeSat (or other small spacecr...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2.Why start a small spacecraft program?
• 3.To build, to buy, or in between?
• 4.Starting a small spacecraft program: types of programs and their benefits and drawbacks
• 5.Forming a program - funding and organizational issues
• 6.Forming a program: funding and organizational issues
• 7.Forming a program: technical and logistical issues
• 8.Setting educational goals and formative assessment
• 9.Summative assessment
• 10.Results of prior assessment work and its utility.