Nasa engineers ??? Help

Question

what type of engineers design and develop modules such as the new heat shield and the team that worked on it. Kinda like this http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/264333main_1140afull_full.jpg

Answer 1

aerospace, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and almost every other kind. because to design something you have to consider everything from the type fuel, environment in which it's gonna work in. aerospace for the actual outside design. electrical for all the computers and stuff.

so basically every kind of engineer almost.

hope this helps

jani

Answer 2

The effort behind this design was probably the result of several disciplines, including materials engineering, mechanical design, structural analysis, heat transfer analysis, and aerodynamics. I suspect that the materials engineers played a leading role in this component design.