1. Space Transportation Space vehicles take us beyond the earth
NASA is responsible for regulating and directing the entire US space program
Currently consists primarily of unmanned exploration vehicles

2. Apollo Space Program First Flight – Unmanned – February 26, 1966
Final Flight – Apollo 17 – December 7, 1972

3. First Lunar Landing – July 20, 1969
Apollo 11
July 16, 1969 – July 24, 1969
First Lunar Landing – July 20, 1969

4. Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins & Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins & Buzz Aldrin

5. First Lunar Landing – July 20, 1969
Apollo 11
The Eagle
Buzz Aldrin
First Lunar Landing – July 20, 1969

6. Command Module in Lunar orbit
Apollo 11
Command Module in Lunar orbit
The Eagle

7. Apollo 11
Lunar Module leaving the Moon
Apollo 11 returns to Earth

8. Space Shuttle Space Shuttle program:1981 - 2011
The Shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft

9. Space Shuttle Accidents
Challenger January 28, 1986
Columbia February 1, 2003

10. Exploratory Vehicles
Currently, exploratory missions are being done without human crews
They carry cameras & other exploratory equipment

11. Intermodal Transportation
Using 2 or more forms of transportation to move people or cargo more efficiently
Examples:
Bus or car to airport - plane to a coastal city – bus or taxi to dock - then board a cruise ship
Cargo is loaded into containers and placed on a ship - then loaded onto a train - then transferred for travel by truck
Advantage:
Saves time and money because it is very efficient

12. Automobile Subsystems
When all subsystems work together the car functions properly
Propulsion:
Engine
Structure and support:
Frame
Transfers power from the engine to the axles and wheels:
Transmission
Guidance:
Steering
Suspension:
Springs & shock absorbers
Control:
Brakes & Steering
Navigation:
GPS

13. Universal System Model of Technology

14. Universal:
Pertains to all or everything
System:
Group of parts working together in an organized way to complete a task
Model:
A representation of something
Technology:
Something that extends human abilities or satisfies a need or want

15. Universal Systems Model of Technology
A model that can be used to describe every type of technology from the very simple (pencil) to the very complex (computer)

16. Universal System Model of Technology
Input
Everything necessary to design or develop a product or system
Goal:
What you want the system to do
7 Resources
Materials:
What things are made of
Information:
Knowledge used to create technology
Energy:
Source of power used to create technology
Capital:
Accumulated wealth (Money, Credit or Land)
Time:
How long it takes to complete a task
Tools &
Instrument that increases ability to do work
Machines:
Tool with a power system
People:
People use SKILL (Combination of knowledge & practice that enables you to do something well) to create technology

17. The most important resource (or input) for any technology is
People
Why????????
Without PEOPLE there would be no technology

18. Universal System Model of Technology
Input
Process
Output
Goal:
What you want the system to do
Resources: (7)
The result that comes out of the system
The steps that lead to a result
People, tools & machines, information, time, capital, energy, materials
Comparing the result to the original goal; adjustments are made to the inputs and/or processes
Feedback:

19. Transportation Systems
Have inputs, process, outputs & feedback
Universal Systems Model of a City Bus System
Inputs:
Goal (Safe arrival at scheduled stops), Buses, people to operate buses, fuel to provide energy, schedules, passengers
Process:
Loading passengers, driving the bus
Output:
Safe arrival at scheduled stops
Feedback:
Comments from customers (passengers)

20. Transportation System
We can use the Universal Systems Model to describe any of these Transportation Systems as well
Getting to school on the School Bus / Car
Ferryboat trip to Martha’s Vineyard
Trip to Florida by Airplane / Train / Car
Bus trip to a Case Jr. High away game