Modern launch vehicles are no longer one off engineering projects, they are production systems that must balance performance, reliability, cost, and turnaround time. This session explores how aerospace engineering practices have evolved from bespoke designs toward scalable, repeatable rocket architectures.

Drawing on real world experience in launch vehicle design and systems engineering, the talk covers propulsion tradeoffs, structural margins, avionics redundancy, and manufacturing constraints that directly affect mission success. Special focus is placed on failure modes observed in recent launch programs and how iterative testing, telemetry driven design, and cross disciplinary teams reduce risk.

Attendees will gain a practical understanding of how engineering decisions made early in development influence long term launch cadence, reusability, and operational cost. The session is aimed at engineers, technical leaders, and decision makers interested in how rockets move from experimental prototypes to dependable orbital systems.