Space Mission Design and Operations

This lecture covers various aspects of space mission design and operations, including space news, SpaceX Starship's first flight test, the Starship's first stage heavy booster, Starship lift-off, human spaceflight activities, Elon Musk's statements post Starship flight test, attitude measurement and control systems, spacecraft attitude control methods, and spacecraft electrical power sources. It also discusses the use of conducting and non-conducting space tethers, gravity gradient effects, center of mass vs. center of gravity for a space tether, and the space elevator concept.