Experienced engineer Hannes Hacker joins us to discuss:
-his background
-what engineering is
-thinking skills involved in engineering
-examples of good engineering and bad engineering, and why they are good or bad

About Hannes: "I have almost thirty years of professional experience in space mission systems engineering with emphasis in flight dynamics, attitude control subsystems, and mission operations. This experience spans the entire spacecraft program lifespan from proposal writing through spaceflight operations. I have worked on the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Iridium communications constellation, various Geostationary communications satellites, micro satellites for the Department of Defense, and the Dream Chaser space plane. I currently work for the Globalstar communications constellation. I have a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a master of science in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin."



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Show notes.
1. Franklin cloth experiment
a. https://franklinpapers.org/framedVolumes.jsp
b. https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-09-02-0079
c. https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1609.htm

2. Franklin stove
a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_stove
b. https://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/stove.htm

3. Franklin kite experiment
a. http://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/kite-experiment/
b. https://www.fi.edu/benjamin-franklin/kite-key-experiment
c. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite_experiment

4. Wright brothers
a. life and work
i. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers
ii. https://www.biography.com/news/orville-wilbur-wright-brothers-first-flight
iii. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wright-brothers/Early-glider-experiments
b. wind tunnel
i. https://wright.nasa.gov/airplane/tunnel.html
ii. http://www.wright-brothers.org/Adventure_Wing/Hangar/1901_Wind_Tunnel/1901_Wind_Tunnel.htm
iii. https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/wright-brothers/online/fly/1901/wind.cfm
iv. https://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/wrights/results.html

5. Boeing 737 Max
a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX
b. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737max/
c. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/boeing-whistle-blower-says-proposed-737-max-fixes-aren-t-enough

6. Apollo 13
a. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/
b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_%28film%29



Bio and picture courtesy Hannes Hacker.