MichaelRapp
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Hi all,
I've been taking one of MIT's MOOC courses and have really enjoyed it. I noticed that MIT is also offering a Introduction to Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics and Human Spaceflight that starts March 8. For those not familiar with MOOCs, these are online college-level courses. They are generally free, although you can pay a fee to have your assignments graded and get a nice certificate of completion in the end if you want.
Here's the link to the course https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-aerospace-engineering-mitx-16-00x
The description: Spaceflight is exciting, and you dont have to be a Rocket Scientist to share in the excitement! 16.00x makes the basics of spaceflight accessible to everyone. Join MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut who made five spaceflights and was the first astronaut to log 1000 hours on the Space Shuttle, as he teaches you the core principles behind space travel and exploration. The course will cover how rockets work, how spacecraft move in orbit, how we create artificial environments inside spacecraft to keep astronauts alive and healthy, what its like living in a world without gravity, how the human body adapts to space, and how spacewalks happen, plus more. Many lessons will be illustrated with Professor Hoffmans own experiences in space.
The prerequisites: Some lectures use high school level physics and basic calculus, but most of the course is accessible to the general public without specialized background.
I think I'm going to enroll. Looks like fun!
I've been taking one of MIT's MOOC courses and have really enjoyed it. I noticed that MIT is also offering a Introduction to Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics and Human Spaceflight that starts March 8. For those not familiar with MOOCs, these are online college-level courses. They are generally free, although you can pay a fee to have your assignments graded and get a nice certificate of completion in the end if you want.
Here's the link to the course https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-aerospace-engineering-mitx-16-00x
The description: Spaceflight is exciting, and you dont have to be a Rocket Scientist to share in the excitement! 16.00x makes the basics of spaceflight accessible to everyone. Join MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut who made five spaceflights and was the first astronaut to log 1000 hours on the Space Shuttle, as he teaches you the core principles behind space travel and exploration. The course will cover how rockets work, how spacecraft move in orbit, how we create artificial environments inside spacecraft to keep astronauts alive and healthy, what its like living in a world without gravity, how the human body adapts to space, and how spacewalks happen, plus more. Many lessons will be illustrated with Professor Hoffmans own experiences in space.
The prerequisites: Some lectures use high school level physics and basic calculus, but most of the course is accessible to the general public without specialized background.
I think I'm going to enroll. Looks like fun!
