{"id":2072,"date":"2013-05-02T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2013-05-02T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T15:50:52","slug":"a-space-technology-open-online-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2072","title":{"rendered":"A Space Technology course in MOOC competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/moocfellowship.org\/\" target=\"_d\">MOOC Production Fellowship<\/a> competition will provide 25000 Euro to each of the ten winning MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) programs out of the 200 that have entered. The winners will be determined by <a href=\"https:\/\/moocfellowship.org\/submissions\" target=\"_d\">online voting<\/a>. Anyone may vote for the contestants until May 23rd. The winning courses will be offered for free at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iversity.org\/?locale=en\" target=\"_blank\">iversity<\/a> online learning site.<\/p>\n<p>I received a message from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Berlin, Institute of Technology about their\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/moocfellowship.org\/submissions\/space-technology\" target=\"_d\">Space Technology<\/a>\u00a0 entry in the competition. The course has no prerequisites &#8220;other than a basic understanding of maths&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The course \u201cSpace Technology\u201d covers the fundamentals of space engineering, as well as further related subjects like space law, space politics or management of a space project.<\/p>\n<p>At first, a brief introduction of our solar system and the space environment will give an idea about the destination space. On a trip to space, one has to expect an extremely harsh environment with vacuum, zero-gravity, deadly radiation, micrometeoroids and extreme temperatures. Still, space engineering enables spacecraft and humans to survive under these conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Most of today&#8217;s space applications are based on satellites. Therefore, a focus will be set on satellites and their subsystems. Here, subjects like mechanical structures, thermal control, electrical power systems, attitude determination and control, data management and communications will be introduced using a mixture of theory and real mission examples.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most fascinating sectors of space technology is human space flight. A section will be devoted to human spaceflight. In this section several topics like life support systems, astronaut training and space stations will be addressed.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/moocfellowship.org\/submissions\/space-technology\" target=\"_d\">Continue&#8230; <\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This video also describes the course:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/US3ueJukVeI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MOOC Production Fellowship competition will provide 25000 Euro to each of the ten winning MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) programs out of the 200 that have entered. The winners will be determined by online voting. Anyone may vote for the contestants until May 23rd. The winning courses will be offered for free at the\u00a0iversity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2072\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Space Technology course in MOOC competition<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-xq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14282,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14282","url_meta":{"origin":2072,"position":0},"title":"SPACE Canada &#038; the NSS select semi-finalists in student Space Solar Power competition","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from SPACE Canada and the National Space Society: SPACE Canada and National Space Society Announce Semi-Finalists Selection in First Annual International Space Solar Power Student Competition (Washington DC, April 25, 2017) SPACE Canada and the National Space Society (NSS), working with the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Power Committee,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stars-in-dark-sky-with-earth-and-SPS-ALPHA-v2c1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5102,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5102","url_meta":{"origin":2072,"position":1},"title":"International SunSat Competition &#8211; Over $40k in prizes to be awarded","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from the National Space Society and the Space Journal at Ohio University: Participate in the International SunSat Competition Over $40,000 in Prizes Will Be Awarded!\u00a0 The National Space Society in affiliation with Ohio University is pleased to announce that the International SunSat Design Competition is now registering competitive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests and Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"SunSat Design Competition Logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ih.constantcontact.com\/fs020\/1011289463147\/img\/414.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3891,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3891","url_meta":{"origin":2072,"position":2},"title":"2014 Sample Return Robot Challenge competition registration opens","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA announces the next round of the Sample Return Robot Challenge competition, which is managed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute: The Challenge is On: NASA-WPI 2014 Robot Prize Competition Registration Open In pursuit of new technological solutions for America's space program and our nation's future, NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests and Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6084,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6084","url_meta":{"origin":2072,"position":3},"title":"Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge on Jan.17 &#8211; Webcast on NASA TV","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Students will once again compete in programming the SPHERES robots on the ISS: NASA, MIT, DARPA Host Fifth Annual Student Robotics Challenge Jan. 17\u00a0 NASA will participate in the fifth annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge Friday, Jan. 17, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge, Mass. 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