Start Date
4-1971 8:00 AM
Description
Ground transportation has many common features with air and space travel and as a result the experience in aerospace is applicable, but cannot be applied without change. Ground vehicles and aircraft must safely and comfortably transport people, however the weight of the ground vehicle can be increased over the aircraft to realize cost savings. Basic lessons in dynamics, structures and fluid mechanics are applicable. The application of systems engineering disciplines learned on space and missile programs can be very effective. Many new people-mover concepts of current interest are excellent examples of application of system thinking. Finally, aerospace can make the same real contributions to the socio-economic aspects of ground transportation as it has to air transportation by developing and supplying the user better products that can be operated at a lower passenger cost.
Aerospace Can Help Solve The Ground Transportation Problem
Ground transportation has many common features with air and space travel and as a result the experience in aerospace is applicable, but cannot be applied without change. Ground vehicles and aircraft must safely and comfortably transport people, however the weight of the ground vehicle can be increased over the aircraft to realize cost savings. Basic lessons in dynamics, structures and fluid mechanics are applicable. The application of systems engineering disciplines learned on space and missile programs can be very effective. Many new people-mover concepts of current interest are excellent examples of application of system thinking. Finally, aerospace can make the same real contributions to the socio-economic aspects of ground transportation as it has to air transportation by developing and supplying the user better products that can be operated at a lower passenger cost.
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