PB
May 24, 2024
Very practical and fun! Useful for those who wants to pursue a career in AOCS/GNC engineer or just a brush-up.
AA
Apr 17, 2022
Great application of the knowledge obtained through the course
By Anthony Z
•Apr 17, 2021
I love how this was laid out, when I got to the final full mission simulation all of the pieces just fell into place. The checks along the way give you the confidence that all of the pieces are working correctly, so the classic issue of trying to put all of your functions together and having something unknown not work is almost eliminated. This means no spending hours trying to find that stray sign that is causing the whole simulation to collapse!
By Nick D
•Aug 31, 2020
Only improvement would be to increase feedback on the programming assignments and fix the few typos on the tolerance of your answer. Specifically Task 4 Part 2, I found my answer to 4 decimals was not accepted, but to 7 decimals it was.
Otherwise, great course! I learned a lot and hope it will help me move into the space industry soon!
By Luke M
•Sep 29, 2020
This course is fantastic. One thing to be aware of - there is very little moderation of the discussion boards, so us students are kind of on our own if we get stuck - however, I found that the discussion boards were active enough to get by.
By Jeff L
•May 11, 2019
The good: - Amazing content. Great presentation. I think Professor Schaub is a good lecturer and presents the information well. The bad: There is no faculty (professor or TA) support. There are some discussions in the forums, but not a whole lot of direction. Also, with the course setup this way, peer review becomes very difficult, because there is no guarantee that there are enough peers to review (and be reviewed). There are also many typos in the quizzes so it's difficult to know if an answer is truly wrong. Finally, the simulation questions can be infuriating because the same codebase can work for one but not the other, and with no support, it's difficult to determine the issue. Still, the content is great and you learn a lot.
By Luis G G B
•Apr 2, 2021
Extremely interesting course, it is very encouraging to get every step of the project right. A small critic is the lack of guidance in some of the tasks to develop. There is virtually no support from the course developers or moderators. I would not blame this on Prof. Schaub, who is an amazing teacher, and his lessons were extremely valuable. But I think the purpose of the other 25 moderators of the course is to give a minimum support for the questions people post in the forum, which I didn't see whatsoever in any of the month-old posts.
By Azzeddine K
•Feb 16, 2021
I exceeded 30 courses in Coursera, and this is the only course that I could not pass. Please put tests or evaluated assignments from colleagues like the rest of the courses. Whenever I send a programming assignment he tells me not sent, please amend these errors.
By Basel O
•Jun 23, 2020
This course was really great! I could complete the previous three courses in 6 weeks, but this course took from me 3 weeks. I have faced some issues, however, I could overcome and succeed at the end and this is the most important part. I am really grateful for Coursera and professor Hanspeter Schaub for this opportunity. This great professor will be absolutely missed!.
By Samuel L
•Aug 2, 2020
Great capstone that covers almost all of the desired knowledge one would need from the first to last chapter! Definitely enjoyed this project. The project is also well guided, although one may need to look at the forums now and then for hints and tips on nitty gritties like numerical precision issues etc. Thank you Professor HP Schaub and team.
By Sam W
•Apr 2, 2020
Great tool for making sure I am on the right track each step of the project. It's nice to be able to submit a project with no uncertainty regarding the accuracy of my results. The 5 submissions per 8 hours feels a bit pointless though. They are all numerical submissions, so you can't power through by guessing and checking like the homeworks.
By Huda S
•Jan 3, 2024
A strong and well-stated validation that we've learned the material from the previous 3 courses! It's a CAPSTONE! Thanks so much for the clear guidelines. Thanks for making us confident in the area of spacecraft control!
By Erick A M D
•Oct 1, 2021
Very interesting Capstone project for the whole program. There were some missing instructions or information, but the Forum point me to the right direction.
By Panatchai B
•May 25, 2024
Very practical and fun! Useful for those who wants to pursue a career in AOCS/GNC engineer or just a brush-up.
By Aldo A
•Apr 17, 2022
Great application of the knowledge obtained through the course
By Andrew S
•Sep 7, 2023
This capstone project was a lot of fun.
By Ian F
•Apr 25, 2024
Fantastic project!!!!
By Darren M
•Jun 2, 2021
Excellent, comprehensive review of the course - kinetics, kinematics, and control but I removed a star due to the tight tolerances in the answers. I was off by exactly 0.001 and it was marked wrong.
By Sergio A R V
•Apr 28, 2021
The structure is well paced, but some of the instructions weren't clear enough to overcome many common problems that people have in the discussion forums.
By Peter N
•Jun 2, 2024
Just use octave, if you use python you're going to wind up pulling your hair out. The teeny tiny numerical differences between python and octave will get your solution marked wrong even though your code is 100% correct.