MAE 4570 Space Systems and National Security
Fall. 3 credits. Prerequisite: upper-level standing and MATH 2930 and ENGRD 2030 or permission of instructor.
This course is intended to provide an overview of the implications of space for national security and vice versa. It will consider subjects such as an overview of United States space usage, how the United States monitors what is in space, specific national security applications of space systems, vulnerabilities of space systems, anti-satellite and space weapons, the relationship between missile defenses and space weapons, and the current debate over how the United States can best preserve the benefits it receives from the use of space.