ESS102: SPACE AND SPACE TRAVEL
Instructor: Dr. Jeremy Thomas (jnt@u.washington.edu)
TAs: James Prager (jprager@u.washington.edu), Race
Roberson (raceman@u.washington.edu), and Michael Shimogawa
(shimo@u.washington.edu)
All online assignments and lectures notes will be handled by the
server at the link below. To create a new student account for yourself
click on the link below. You can chose whatever username you like, but
you need to accurately put your surname and first name to get credit for
the class.
Clickers compatible with TurningPoint systems required for Class.
Instruction for Access to the Secure
Class Site and Registering your TurningPoint Compatible Clicker.
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Perspective
and Scale Sizes in Our Solar System
Want additional classes in Space? Try ESS205:
Access to Space.
 |
Undergraduate students undertaking a test of a CO2 rocket
power car demonstrating low thrust/high power system. More
Pictures and Movies |
 |
Comparative test with a high thrust/low speed propellant test of a
water powered rocket car. H2O rocket power car. More
Pictures and Movies |
 |
Students designed and fired their own water rockets. Highest atitude
reached was about 300ft. More Pictures and Movies
of water rockets are now available. Balloons in the pictures indicate altitudes
of 100 and 160 ft. |
Earth and
Space SciencesRISESpace
Physics