Space engineering

Question 1

who is Konstantinos Tsilkovski

Answer 1

Russian Father of Cosmonautics

Question 2

when was the first liquid fueled rocket launched and how far did it go up

Answer 2

1926, 40ft

Question 3

What was the first big rocket? Who was it created by and when?

Answer 3

A4 Liquid Fueled by the Germans during WWII

Question 4

Who captures and modfies the V2 during WWII?

Answer 4

The americans

Question 5

Who was Sergey Korolev? What were some signficant events regarding him?

Answer 5

He was Russia’s Grand Designer
* He copys the V2
* Involved in Cold War

Question 6

Who was Wernher Von Braun?

Answer 6

America’s Chief Rocket Engineer

Question 7

What significant rocket did Von Braun create?

Answer 7

US Redstone

Question 8

What significant rocket did Korolev create?

Answer 8

Russian R7
Sputnik Launcher

Question 9

What was one of the first and key inventions for the race to orbit?

Answer 9

The Sputnik 1

Question 10

What was a signifcant invention of Von Braun during the race to orbit?

Answer 10

Explorer 1: a victory of van brain

Question 11

Who won the race to orbit and with what?

Answer 11

The USSR with the R7 Booster

Question 12

What was USA’s first suborbital? How long did it last and who was it driven by?

Answer 12

Freedom 7 Suborbital 15 min
Alan Shepard

Question 13

What was President Kennedy’s Challenge?

Answer 13

To go to the moon and beat the USSR in the space race

Question 14

What does KISS stand for?

Answer 14

KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid

Question 15

Differences between US and USSR’s space philosophy

Answer 15

Russia:
KISS
Simplify the design & the analysis
Tradeoff performance for ruggedness

USA:
Make major leaps in design
Highly complex design & detailed analysis
Maximize performance even if fragile

Question 16

Post Kennedy speech, what are significant inventions by US and USSR

Answer 16

US: Project Gemini

USSR: Voskhod 1

Question 17

Who replaces Kovolev after this death?

Answer 17

Vassily Mishin

Question 18

What happened to the Apollo capsule?

Answer 18

Apollo 1 catches on fire, US program stops for 2 years

Question 19

What did the Luna 1 and 2 and 3
accomplish?

Answer 19

Luna 1 - first to escape velocity
Luna 2 - First to hit moon
Luna 3 - Pictures of moon

Question 20

Which Ranger number from the ranger program (by us) was successful?

Answer 20

Ranger 7 - 1st US Moon Success
tons of photos

Question 21

What was the first lunar sattelite

Answer 21

Russian Luna 9 (a main probe)

Question 22

What was the Apollo 8

Answer 22

Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon

Question 23

Which Apollo model was a near disaster and why?

Answer 23

Apollo 13:
56hrs in flight at 320,000 km oxygen tank exploded
Lost all power - used LEM as lifeboat
Lovell, Swagard & Haise survied

Question 24

What was the USSR’s Lunar Lander

Answer 24

Send unmanned lander to moon first
in case problem with manned lander

Question 25

What was the US's space station

Answer 25

USA Skylab

Question 26

What are some reasons to go to space? (name a few)

Answer 26

* Exploration of the Moon & Planets * When you are in orbit you are half way to the planets * Space Manufacturing in Low Earth Orbit * Raw Materials: asteroids & planets

Question 27

What is microgravity?

Answer 27

Allows us to do many things not possible on earth Can create perfect spheres (Spin molten metal to removes gas: surface tension creates perfect sphere)

Question 28

What kind of raw materials from space are highly valued

Answer 28

Iron Value $270M Nickel $5,600M Rare metals $4,900M

Question 29

What are features of the Space station

Answer 29

Space Station Assembled in Low Earth Orbit Reliable access to orbit (Von Brauns design of ship) Moon Ships Built & Fueled at Space Station Mars Ships built there too

Question 30

What is the Russian Mir Final form and how long did it take to creat

Answer 30

Russia's Space station (15 years of operation)

Question 31

What causes the fall of the USSR in 1990

Answer 31

Russia required to kill Mir Condition for joining ISS But was not able to sell Mir, or throw it away

Question 32

What countries were involved with the ISS

Answer 32

Cooperation of NASA, Russia, Europe (ESA), Japan, Canada

Question 33

How did Russia survive their difficulties with the space program after the fall of USSR

Answer 33

e survived by selling hardware, launches, Soyuz flights to ISS, progress tankers

Question 34

What are Taikonauts

Answer 34

Chinese astronauts

Question 35

What was a strong inspiration for Private Space

Answer 35

Book The Man that Sold the Moon – By Robert A Heinlein AND space tourism

Question 36

Who created Blue Orgin?

Answer 36

Jeff bezos

Question 37

Factors needed for cheap access to space?

Answer 37

Requires a fully reuseable space ship Fuel costs are low Most cost in building booster Reusable costs more to build and lifts less

Question 38

What is SABRE

Answer 38

a UK design which combines rocket & air breather