ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an overall mix of rocket science and/or engineering concepts ranging from the details of aerodynamics and fluid flow to the large-scale holistic view of large program management and public opinion improvement. All of these components are key pieces of rocket science and engineering. In some cases, the rocket scientist or engineer will desire to remain in the lab and develop new twists on an interesting piece of hardware for his or her entire career. Or, he or she might desire to develop new methods of modeling and simulating the esoteric components of rockets or orbits or thermal management or any of a thousand other things. Or, he or she might be interested in learning how to keep large development programs in motion and how to make certain that such Herculean efforts are successful through the implementation of systems engineering and program management techniques.
