try ur hands on systems engineering. its not too math intensive. plus nasa and all of its contractors have a demand for it. in college systems engineering was called easy e. for its so not math intensive and technically not real engineering.
nasa culture has changed over the years. most of the work is contracted out. so if u are looking for the label that you are smart if you work for NASA... then think again. chances are if you told me you worked for Nasa i would think u are a pencil pushing program manager who bitch*s and contractors all day. and that goes for all US govt employees really.
so the answer is northrop grumman, lockheed, raytheon...
It’s a “she” OG … and I’m sure she’s not quite using GS as a substitute for Google or other more objective research avenues, but only to complement whatever she finds out herself elsewhere.
Anyway, Electronics may be the way to go. Not really electrical engineering, but testing and repair? Perhaps a quality control inspector or communications specialist?
I agree on the subcontractors, but working for NASA is still pretty cool. Working for Raytheon may be fine, but there is something innately cool when somebody snidely asks, “So what are you some sort of Rocket Scientist?”, and you can whip out the NASA ID and cooly say “Yes, as a matter of fact I am.”.
As a matter of fact, I was looking into geosciences the other day and figured I might be interested in the field. Geoscience requires lots of chemistry courses, and I don’t want much chemistry. I love physics though!
Really? Systems engineering is completely unknown to me and it sounds HOT!!! I would actually rather be an astronaut or an astronomer, but it’s far too time consuming and time is what I don’t have – well not that much.
I would love to work for NASA, but by the time I get my degree any of these agencies will sound just as thriving.
I came to this conclusion after figuring out what I really liked. Anyway, as long as I have a good math teach, I do fine! Let’s just hope I get lucky this time.
dimagh, you need to do the basic first year courses like all other engineering students. after that you will get into things like operations control, quality control, statistics, design of experiments type of stuff. I did not do SE but had friends who told me good things about the program.
Sign up with the Navy in their aviator program......Most Astronauts, particularly the pilots, the people who actually fly the damn shuttle as well as NASA test pilots are all ex-navy aviators....
Yeah, I figured it would be a lot of math and physics the first 2 years. Hearing it from you truly gives me courage, because I know you are in the field and I can always count on you to help me. So it’s fun after the hard work!! Cool.
… and I’m sure she’s not quite using GS as a substitute for Google or other more objective research avenues, but only to complement whatever she finds out herself elsewhere.
I just don’t know if I will be able to survive the tough courses. Electronics sounds pretty cool too, will look into it. Thanks.
I came to this conclusion after figuring out what I really liked. Anyway, as long as I have a good math teach, I do fine! Let’s just hope I get lucky this time.