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I came by the Akin's laws for spacecraft design and they inspired me greatly. I also love sci-fi concept design and I had the opportunity to create a mix of two awesome things into something I hope readers will like. Share and keep the dream alive!
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1 0 T H I N G S
SPACESHIPST O L E A R N F R O M
AND THEIR DESIGN
ENGINEERINGIS DONE WITH
ANALYSIS WITHOUTNUMBERSIS ONLY AN OPINION
THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF ITERATIONS IS
ONE MORE THAN YOU HAVECURRENTLY DONE
YOUR BEST DESIGN EFFORTS
DISAPPOINTMENTLEARN TO LIVE WITH THE
WILL INEVITABLYWIND UP BEING USELESSIN THE FINAL DESIGN
NOT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IS NEVER AN EXCUSE
FOR NOT STARTINGTHE ANALYSIS
THERE IS NEVER A SINGLE
SOLUTIONTHOUGH THERE ARE ALWAYS MULTIPLE
WRONG ONES
WHEN IN DOUBT,ESTIMATEIN AN EMERGENCY,
GUESS
BUT BE SURE TO GO BACK AND
CLEAN UP THE MESS WHEN THE
REAL NUMBERS COME ALONG.
A BAD DESIGN WITH A GOOD PRESENTATION IS DOOMED
EVENTUALLYA GOOD DESIGN WITH A BAD PRESENTATION IS DOOMED
IMMEDIATELY
THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE A DESIGN OCCURS PRIMARILY AT THE INTERFACES.
THIS IS ALSO THE PRIME LOCATION FOR SCREWING IT UP.
PAST EXPERIENCE IS EXCELLENT FOR PROVIDING
A REALITY CHECK. TOO MUCH REALITY CAN DOOM AN OTHERWISE WORTHWHILE DESIGN,
THOUGH.
THE FACT THAT AN ANALYSIS
HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF ITS BEING
CORRECT.
APPEARS IN PRINT
THE ODDS ARE GREATLY AGAINST YOU BEING IMMENSELY SMARTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FIELD.
BUT THE CHANCES ARE A LOT BETTER THAT YOU'VE SCREWED UP.
IF YOUR ANALYSIS SAYS YOUR TERMINAL VELOCITY IS TWICE THE SPEED OF LIGHT,
YOU MAY HAVE INVENTED
WARP DRIVE,
ALL THE IMAGES IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE COPYRIGHTED BY THEIR CREATORS AND ARE FROM A GREAT SITE CALLED
CONCEPT SHIPShttp://conceptships.blogspot.com
GO VISIT THEM!
THE DESIGN RULES ARE A COLLECTION OF “LAWS” FROM ACTUAL SPACECRAFT DESIGNERS, WHO DESIGN THINGS FOR THE MOST INTENSE AND DANGEROUS OF
ENVIRONMENTS - A CLIENT CALLED SPACE.
AKIN’S LAWS OF SPACECRAFT DESIGN
http://bit.ly/akinslaws
Thanks for reading!
If you want to contact me
Markus Sandelin
markus@kingmuffin.com@banton
+358 443 699 887
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