Research on Aerospace Engineering

[Maroc]

I did some research on Aerospace Engineering and would further like to ask do these type of jobs get you into NASA or is it mostly physicist. I saw some jobs relating to Aerospace and i saw stuff like air traffic control officer, nothing in the area of 'SPACE'.

Thank you for reading.

 

[sam_dj]

Hey guys I have completed my graduation in computer engineering.I have interest to build a career into Aerospace field.Is it possible for to pursue Masters in Aerospace?

 

[JD88]

I did some research on Aerospace Engineering and would further like to ask do these type of jobs get you into NASA or is it mostly physicist. I saw some jobs relating to Aerospace and i saw stuff like air traffic control officer, nothing in the area of 'SPACE'.

Thank you for reading.

Aerospace engineers definitely get to work in the area of "space". I don't know where you were looking but aerospace engineering doesn't really have anything to do with air traffic control officer, and NASA is full of all types of engineers and scientists.

I am assuming from your post you are trying to figure out which major to do. If you want to be involved in space exploration at NASA there is a huge list of majors that could get you involved in this field. It just depends on what you are interested in electronics, optics, structures/materials, fluid mechanics, chemistry, biology, math, physics... From what I've seen space exploration is a very diverse field, so as I am sure most people would say pick your major based on what you are passionate about and try to get internships at NASA while at school. NASA has a lot of great internship programs.

 

[Maroc]

Aerospace engineers definitely get to work in the area of "space". I don't know where you were looking but aerospace engineering doesn't really have anything to do with air traffic control officer, and NASA is full of all types of engineers and scientists.

I am assuming from your post you are trying to figure out which major to do. If you want to be involved in space exploration at NASA there is a huge list of majors that could get you involved in this field. It just depends on what you are interested in electronics, optics, structures/materials, fluid mechanics, chemistry, biology, math, physics... From what I've seen space exploration is a very diverse field, so as I am sure most people would say pick your major based on what you are passionate about and try to get internships at NASA while at school. NASA has a lot of great internship programs.

Thanks for the reply JD88,

The place were i found the info was careercrusing.com. Also Nasa doesn't offer internships to Canadian students. I may be wrong.

 

[Astronuc]

I did some research on Aerospace Engineering and would further like to ask do these type of jobs get you into NASA or is it mostly physicist. I saw some jobs relating to Aerospace and i saw stuff like air traffic control officer, nothing in the area of 'SPACE'.

Of course, aerospace engineers would find a job related to space - e.g., space vehicles.

See here -
http://www.nasa.gov/about/career/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/career/index.html

One can also look at the sites/pages for NASA Centers - e.g. Marshall, Langley, JPL, Stennis, Glenn, . . . .

One can also look at opportunities with United Technologies (Pratt & Whitney), Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumann, . . . .


Also - I highly recommend perusing the pages of AIAA - www.aiaa.org - and becoming a member, student or professional, if one is serious about aerospace.

For example - http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=4