Introduction to Aerospace

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Introduction to Aerospace
SpaceTEC Certification Readiness Course
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AGENDA

• Overview of SpaceTEC National Program
• Summary of Introduction to Aerospace Course
• Implication for Career Development
• Major Changes Already In Work
• The Certification Examination Process
• Contact Information

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Challenges U.S. Aerospace Program and Workforce
Transition

• Aging Technical Workforce
• Declining Numbers of Technician Candidates
• Lack of Career Ladders and Paths to Jobs
• No National Credentials/Professional Status
• High Potential for Federal Regulation
• Increasing Global Competitiveness
• Workforce Transition Demands New Skills

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EndorsementsIndustry/Government/Workforce
USAF
The Boeing Company
Lockheed Martin
FAA Commercial Space Transportation
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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• Space History
• Timeline/People 1200-2004
• Chinese solids Congreve ship rescue Tsiolkovsky
  space exploration Oberth designs Goddard liquid
  propulsion Von Braun and Korolev -- manned
  flights
• Milestones
• Flights Gargarin, Shepard, Glenn, Tereshkova,
  Armstrong, Crippen/Young, Sally Ride
• Systems Sputnik, Explorer, Vostok, Mercury,
  Gemini, Apollo, Soyuz, Shuttle, Skylab, MIR, ISS
• Next Steps New Systems and Businesses

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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace
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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• Space Technology
• Principles of Rocketry

Action Reaction
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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• Mechanics of Spaceflight
• Understanding an orbit Freefall
• Apogee and Perigee highs and lows
• Launch windows re-entry issues
• Human concerns weightlessness radiation other

Apogee
Perigee
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Living and Working in Space

• Physiology of Weightlessness
• Fluid shift, muscle atrophy, bone loss
• Maintaining Functionality
• Illness, Injuries, Interventions
• Radiation Issues
• Cosmic rays Short and Long Duration Flights
• Returning to Earth
• G-loading, Remaining Conscious, Restoring
  Functions Lost in Flight

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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• The Aerospace Workplace
• Security and Need to know
• Badges, alcohol, weapons, cameras, access control
• Restricted Areas
• Beacons, egress routes, badge exchange,
  marshalling areas,
• Rules of the road 24/7 discipline
• Background checks, random drug tests,
  personal search, cameras, restrictions

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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• Operational Safety
• Tape and Tether, Lock-out Tag-out, FOD, PPE
• Contaminants and Cleanliness
• How clean is clean GSE, Flight, Experiment
• Molecular, Particulate, Human hair, oils, other
• Barriers direct and indirect (Clean room)
• FOD Foreign Object Debris/Damage
• Understanding workplace culture
• Operating in a different language acronyms
• Flight Issues Launch, flight, experiment
• PPE Type I/IV Suits, SCAPE, respirators

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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• The Professional Technician
• Tools
• Inventory systems
• Security and safety
• Calibration
• Shadow Box and inventories
• Logistics methods
• Personal Integrity

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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• Knowing how to work on the system vs. knowing how
  the system works.
• General Systems Model

Input
Output
Process
Feedback
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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• What is ethics?
• Define Meeting accepted standards of moral
  performance
• Unethical vs. illegal
• Conflicts of interest
• Company vs. personal property
• Outside employment
• Personnel issues social distance, sexual
  harassment, time attendance

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Introduction to Aerospace Workplace

• Career Technician As A Profession
• Training
• Self-improvement
• Certifications company, other
• Credentials academic, professional
• Skill Sets
• NAAT (www.naat.org)

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Implications for Career Development

• Major Changes in Key Areas Such as
• Propulsion/Propellants
• Materials
• Flight System Design
• Passenger Travel to Space
• Workforce Skills/Competencies
• Training Methods/Facilities
• Cross Utilization of Systems, People, and
  Processes
• Next Steps
• SpaceShipOne/Virgin Galactic
• Shuttle-Derived CEV
• X-Prize Cup Rocket Races in NM
• Bigelow Inflatable Hotels

Aviation
Technology Convergence
Aerospace
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Changing Aerospace Landscape

• -Civil
• CEV HLV
• -Military
• Shared Airspace
• Intelligence, UAVs
• -Commercial
• Global Competition
• COTS
• Space Tourism
• X Prize Cup

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SpaceTEC Certification Format

• Three-part Exam
• Written (Computer-based)
• Oral
• Practical (Hands-On)
• Core Six Topics
• Introduction to Workplace
• Safety
• Applied Mechanics
• Basic Electricity
• Materials Processes
• Tests Measurements
• Concentrations at SpaceTEC Sites
• Vehicle Processing
• Aerospace Manufacturing
• Composites

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For Additional Information

• -Frank Margiotta, SpaceTEC PI and Executive
  Director
• -Robert S. Ward, SpaceTEC Program Manager
• -David Fricton, SpaceTEC Certification
  Coordinator
• SpaceTEC, Kennedy Space Ctr, Fl 32899
• Phone [phone]
• Email margiottaf_at_brevardcc.edu
• Email wardr_at_brevardcc.edu
• Email frictond_at_brevardcc.edu