Howdy,
Look for astronautical engineering programs ... the discipline is not as "next generation" as you think... hall thrusters are kinda old and a lot of the physics for theses things were figured out in the 60s.
the most famous figure in this field, chang-diaz, teaches at rice, he studied...
Heh I answered your physics question, have you decided physics then?
I'd suggest you try EE first. The way engineering is structured at Purdue is they try to go as far as the students can learn in class with theory etc, and leave it up to you to grow programming/soldering/machining skills...
Howdy,
Did you not take sat?
Having graduated Purdue engineering, I can tell you it's super easy to switch majors. You can start general education if you want and sign up for all your core basic classes, maybe even the physics ones, for the first semester and move to physics by the second...