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The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist

Jim Longuski

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No detectada 2007 SpringerLink

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ISBN impreso

978-0-387-30876-0

ISBN electrónico

978-0-387-68222-8

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Springer Nature

País de edición

Reino Unido

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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

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doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_21

Ask Just One More Question

One of my favorite (non-sci-fi) TV programs is Columbo . Columbo (played endearingly by Peter Falk for three decades) is a short, disheveled detective in a crumpled raincoat who solves homicides for the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department).

Part III - Ask | Pp. 59-61

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_22

Prove Yourself Wrong

“If anything can go wrong—it will.” This simple statement of Murphy’s law looms large in the rocket scientist’s consciousness. In the early days of the American space program, there was another saying, “Ours always blow,” which meant that you could count on our rockets to explode every time.

Part IV - Check | Pp. 65-66

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_23

Inspect for Defects

Quality control is looking over that book you’re about to buy—for quality of the writing and for defects in its physical production. Every seemingly identical object is not identical. If it’s made by human beings there are defects. Maybe you are looking at this book in a store and have decided to buy a copy. Or maybe you have already paid for it, in which case the following exercise may disappoint you.

Palabras clave: Identical Object; Rocket Scientist; Oblique Angle; Physical Production; Roll Call.

Part IV - Check | Pp. 67-69

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_24

Have a Backup Plan

The quickest way to separate the rocket scientists from the nonrocket scientists is to check out their backup plan. All you have to do is ask, “So what’s Plan B?”

Palabras clave: Space Shuttle; Rocket Scientist; Launch Vehicle; Nobel Laureate; Backup System.

Part IV - Check | Pp. 71-72

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_25

Do a Sanity Test

“Doing a sanity test” is rocket science parlance for simply asking, “Does this make sense?”

Part IV - Check | Pp. 73-74

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_26

Check Your Arithmetic

“Measure twice; cut once,” is the carpenter’s adage.

Palabras clave: General Theory; Aerospace Technology; Rocket Scientist; Correct Theory; Criminal Charge.

Part IV - Check | Pp. 75-76

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_27

Know the Risks

When people say, “They knew the risks,” they usually mean, “They knew they could be killed.”

Palabras clave: Rocket Scientist; Landing Gear; Galileo Spacecraft; Single Spacecraft; Building Twin.

Part IV - Check | Pp. 77-80

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_28

Question Your Assumptions

In the 1976 movie The Bad News Bears , the coach (Walter Matthau) points out the folly of assumptions. He writes “ASSUME” on the chalkboard, then adds slashes “ASS/U/ME” while saying, “When you ASSUME—it could make an ASS out of U and ME!”

Palabras clave: Operating Room; Atlantic Ocean; Mathematical Statement; Aerospace Technology; Rocket Scientist.

Part IV - Check | Pp. 81-82

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_29

Keep It Simple, Stupid

The 248-page Columbia accident report came out in August 2003, six months after the spacecraft disintegrated during reentry. Seven astronauts perished on February 1, 2003.

Part V - Simplify | Pp. 85-86

doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_30

Draw a Picture

One way to simplify a problem is to draw a picture.

Palabras clave: Computer Graphic; Standard Practice; Accurate Representation; Versus Simplify; Aerospace Technology.

Part V - Simplify | Pp. 87-88