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To work at NASA you MUST be a US citizen, even a naturalized citizen needs to jump through all sorts of hoops to work for the government, for a non-citizen it's simply not possible. My father-in-law is a naturalized citizen and has a PhD in physics, he taught in Buffalo, NY and Lubbock, TX ...

Well I am an Aero engineering grad (B.S./M.S.) from CU-Boulder and the Mech and Aero departments share a lot of early classes (and even some of the more advanced ones) and profs and the Aero department as a whole is rated pretty high for public universities (in the top 15 I think?) so I would...

Hello, Yes calculus is certainly essential to aerospace engineering; calculus is the basis for physics and physics is the basis for engineering/aerospace. It’s been awhile since I’ve used a “new” calculus text so I don’t have any good recommendations there. As far as Aerospace specific...

Yes, I've seen and held both and although they are both unique the shuttle tiles are more like "malted milk balls" if you will, an airy spongy substance but still "solid" in that they are hard and would crumble if you were to crush them with your hand. The AeroGel appears to be a gel and looks...

This picture was taken on orbit by the STS-111 crew http://imagingservices.msfc.nasa.gov/Wallpaper/800x600/sts111-321-024.jpg So I'd say the colors are pretty spectacular :-p

and again :wink: Atlantis takes off in just about 2.5 hours http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Everyone around here is buzzing, some of the contractors have said that they are either drinking champagne today or a lot of champagne today :biggrin: I think they are unveiling the new Orion logo as well, it's a pretty cool design. I can't wait to find out who the prime is, talk about a major...

I'm getting pretty excited about this, I work for NASA in Houston on the CEV Flight Dynamics team and we are looking forward to welcoming the contractor on-board once the selection is made and I can't wait to really ramp things up. I've only worked on the team for about a year and a half now...

I don't know but I can ask my future father in law, he used to be a physics professor at Texas Tech and was hoping to work at the supercollider in Dallas before it was scrapped. I live in Houston now and he's lived here for 30+ years but he came to work for a NASA contractor for much of that...

Yes, I worked for a contractor to NASA for about 5 years and was just hired last month by NASA. I like orbital mechanics a lot and especially as it applies to guidance, navigation, and control systems which is the area I work in currently. Propulsion is a great field to get into as long...

I don't think a known % exists for what you are asking about at least on a national basis. "work on space stations/ spacecraft " is a little too broad of a category as I would say the vast majority of aerospace engineers who work on astronautical type projects work on spacecraft in some...

In the interest of helping James by getting back to the subject at hand... "Hardest", "no lives", etc... is all based on an individual and their own perception. Frankly, I think being a chemical or electrical engineer is much "harder" than being an Aerospace engineer because I personally...

I work on software simulations (analysis and flight software) used across the community at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. These simulations are used for analysis, requirements definitions, hardware/software/avionics integration, mission planning, hardware-in-the-loop/pilot-in-the-loop...

Well I've met dozens of NASA people who would be interested to hear that they have been living a lie for over 30 years, including one of my former college professors who worked at JSC through Apollo, Skylab, Shuttle and ISS. I am sure he would be fascinated to hear how all of those mission...

I'm an aerospace engineer with a B.S. and M.S. , emphasis in astronautical engineering. I work in my field in various areas, primarily with software simulations involving robotics and also guidance, navigation and control systems for space vehicles. I have also some experience in hardware...