Here comes a valuable and exclusive set of videos and presentations to help you advance your career in aerospace. You will be using two of the tips from How To Be a Rocket Scientist when you click the links below: Tip #7: Use free and informal education resources Tip #10: Appreciate and work on the […]
What if there was one thing you could do to satisfy all of these tips from How To Be a Rocket Scientist? Tip #2: Expand your concept of rocket science Tip #3: Associate with people in the field Tip #4: Read a book on rocket science Tip #6: Make a short take-off (STO) into the […]
Whether you live in the United States or not, if you study and work in the English language and are pursuing a career in aerospace, you know that it’s a difficult field to enter. It isn’t easy for anyone, in my honest opinion and experience. But for many people, there are additional challenges and barriers […]
Tip #3 to be a rocket scientist is Associate with People in the Field. It isn’t only so that you can get the know the experts in niche you love, or managers in the companies you would love to work in. It’s so that they get to know YOU! How can you become known to […]
If you’ve been here for any length of time, you know that I am a huge proponent and advocate for professional societies. (Read Tips #3, #7, #9, and #10 to learn why and how they can help you!) Within AIAA, (the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics), they currently have some working groups to tackle […]
In my book, How To Be a Rocket Scientist, I explain in Tip #2 that “rocket science” is actually a lot more than rockets. And science! These two things are popular and vital elements, of course. But the more accurate and comprehensive term is the aerospace field. Within that, we have space, aviation, aeronautics, and […]
Private or commercial space flight is moving ahead in the aerospace business. Do you want to be a part of it? Set a goal and start mapping out a career path, and it can happen! These companies and related agencies will need qualified people to make this business successful. Tip #3 is my book is […]
Who would love an immersive, interactive, hands-on educational experience about space and STEM?!? Almost every kid and future rocket scientist that I know! Last week I had the great experience of getting a tour and doing an AIAA Engineers as Educators workshop at the Challenger Learning Center at San Antonio College. This center is part […]
Yes, it is exciting news to hear that SpaceX announced it received $1B in funding from Google and Fidelity. Here is Wired’s article on the news. As I emphasized in Tip #2 in my book (Tip #2: Expand your concept of rocket science), if you want a career in aerospace (AKA rocket science) you need […]
As we head toward the finish/start line for another big lap around our sun, let’s highlight some great resources that provide a recap of major aerospace accomplishments, developments, and disappointments from 2014. Recently I got my December issue of the magazine Aerospace America from AIAA (the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics). This is their […]
