The spacecraft sector is one of the most dynamic and challenging
sectors within the aerospace industry. Government and private
industry are working to put men and material into space for
research, defense and commercial opportunities. With so much at
stake, and sometimes only one chance to achieve it, engineers
are working to design vehicles and fuels that will push space
exploration further, faster and more efficiently.  Thermal
analysis of moon rover  Courtesy Astrobotic Technology Inc.
Weight is one of the biggest challenge designers face, with the
goal of allocating more weight to the payload and less to the
launch vehicle. ANSYS software offers designers more
capabilities to model extreme conditions. Comprehensive and
coupled multiphysics capabilities enable virtual prototypes to
account for fluid–structure interactions, such as satellite
folded solar panels in environmentally controlled payload
compartments and thermal stresses in heat shields, turbine
blades and other components subjected to extreme t