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Old 14-10-2023, 03:19 PM
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For any young readers who might aspire to a career in designing and
building the systems that are used to land the boosters like that,
it is a discipline of Electrical Engineering known as Systems & Control.

The peak professional body for electrical engineering is the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Here is a short video of the IEEE Control Systems Technology Award 2021
being presented to Lars Blackmore and Yoshiaki Kuwata, for developing the
guidance, navigation, and control for the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy reusable
rockets.

https://ieeetv.ieee.org/channels/con...ss-awards-2021

Lars, who graduated from Cambridge University in 2003 with a Master of
Engineering (MEng) in Electrical and Information Sciences, is now
responsible for the entry, descent and landing of Starship – SpaceX’s
next-generation, fully reusable rocket with room for up to 100 passengers.
The plan is to send large numbers of humans to the Moon and Mars.

Backgrounder on Lars :-
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/engine...honoured-award
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