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Welcome to the Space System Engineering digital garden! This repository summarizes the lecture Space System Engineering held at ETH Zurich by Prof. Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Dr. Simon Christian Stähler, and Dr. Florian Kehl. The lecture is part of the Master’s program in Space Systems.
This digital garden is a network of interconnected ideas, notes, and summaries that capture the essence of the lecture, primarily based on the book Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD by James R. Wertz and Wiley J. Larson.
For more on the concept behind the organization, refer to Networked Thought.
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Structure
The content is organized as follows:
/index.md: This homepage serves as the entry point for navigating the digital garden../topics/<topic>: Contains high-level markdown files summarizing individual lectures and topics. Each topic links to relevant SMAD chapters and associated resources../unstructured/: Stores miscellaneous, unstructured notes that may not yet fit into a specific topic.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank:
- Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Dr. Simon Christian Stähler, and Dr. Florian Kehl.
- Teaching Assistants for their support.
- Students who contributed to this summary.
Disclaimer
This summary has been generated with the assistance of various AI tools, including Claude 3.5 Sonnet, ChatGPT 4o, o1, o1-preview, o1-mini, Gemini, NotebookLM, and others.
Note: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information provided, we encourage users to verify details with official sources. This summary is a supplementary resource and not an official document.