When asked about his processes in designing a new airplane, Burt Rutan responded: "...there is always a performance requirement. So I start with the basic physics of an airplane that can get those requirements, and that pretty much sizes an airplane... Then I look at the functionality... And then I try a lot of different configurations to meet that, and then justify one at a time, throwing them out... Typically I'll have several different configurations... But I like to experiment, certainly. I like to see if there are other ways to provide the utility." This kind of thinking-engineering as a total systems engineering approach-is what is being instilled in all engineers at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.


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    Title :

    Doing systems engineering without thinking about it at NASA Dryden flight research center


    Contributors:
    Bohn-Meyer, M. (author) / Kilp, S. (author) / Chun, P. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    3001359 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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