Did you know that space flight has its own field of engineering? The 34th video in the Crash Course Engineering series looks at aerospace engineering and its two branches, aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. It explains some of the physics and engineering concepts necessary to design spacecraft, and how space travel must account for harsh space conditions.

Concepts

aerospace, engineering, space exploration, lift, buoyancy, pressure, propulsion, engines, satellites

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite an engineer to give a presentation to the class
  

Classroom Considerations

• Familiarity with some basic physics content is a requirement
• Builds on knowledge from previous videos
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Graphics help with understanding
• Provides links to websites for additional information
  

Cons

• None