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"What is Aerospace Engineering/Rocket Science -- really?"

Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering /RS

In theory what is it?
Physics applied on a grand scale to blow up things that other engineers put up using physics on a grand scale. I.E. Aerospace Engineers build weapons. All other engineers build targets (ME = tanks, CE = Buildings, EE = Power Plants (sub-category of building) CompE = Computer Systems (Who do you really think makes an ICBM fly? Some Physicist? Nah!) Environ E = Clean-up vehicles (think your parking lot will be clean in 20 years? *click* *KABOOM!* Think again...) Materials E = Harder Targets (Bunker Buster...all AE baby!) ChemE = Oil Refineries (C'mon, gotta hit those! They make such wonderful multi-colored explosions!)

What is it used for?
Blowing things (defined above) up.

What does the major actually entail -- work-wise
Convincing the govt to fund your idea for a wonderful weapon that will destroy all other governments...and then hoping you get to spend your billions before they use it and send us all back to the stone age.

What kind of jobs do you get with it?
Rocket Scientist. Pilot. Unemployed Line Place-Holder (life's the pits when the world is at peace).

What are the fellow students like (personalitywise) in it?
Quiet, friendly, geeky, hard-partying maniacs in love with bigger and better explosions delivered by higher and faster flying planes.

Common Misconceptions
That you need poofy hair to be a rocket scientist. Although it helps brainwaves travel in your Jetpro tests...



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    good question
    Thu October 6, 2005, 3:13 pm
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    crap site
    Thu October 6, 2005, 3:16 pm
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    kind of depressing for Aerospace engineering enthusiasts
    herald
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    October 28, 2005, 1:44 am
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    you can go into the marines and blow things up.

    -Get Some
    Sat November 5, 2005, 3:24 pm

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    Aerospace Engineer
    Aerospace engineers design, develop, and test aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles and supervise the production of these products.  Those who work with aircraft are called aeronautical engineers, and those working specifically with spacecraft are astronautical engineers.  Aerospace engineers develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense systems, and space exploration, often specializing in areas such as structural design, guidance, navigation and control, instrumentation and communication, or production methods.  They also may specialize in a particular type of aerospace product, such as commercial aircraft, military fighter jets, helicopters, spacecraft, or missiles and rockets, and may become experts in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, propulsion, acoustics, or guidance and control systems. 
    ------------------------------------ That is what an Aerospace Engineer does. 
    Justin
    neomrjay [at] aol [dot] com
    Tue March 6, 2007, 4:13 pm
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    What are the requirements to become a rocket scientist?  SAT score? 
    Programs I have to take?
    College degree?
    Tue November 29, 2005, 3:16 pm
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    What are the requirements to become a rocket scientist?  SAT score?  Programs I have to take?
    College degree?
    biggypimpinz [at] yahoo [dot] com
    Fri February 17, 2006, 2:58 pm
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    A BS in electronics engineering
    BS in Computer engineering
    Currnetly working on my MS on aerospace engineering and im really having a tough time ....
    Sun May 28, 2006, 7:30 pm
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    This article was very useless.  The way you wrote it, it's very difficult to understand.
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    May 30, 2007, 11:59 am
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    Re: You
    i'm breaking up with you susan.
    billy
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    June 4, 2007, 7:46 pm
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    Re: you
    never!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    - susan
    Thu November 15, 2007, 9:47 pm

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    Wow, I've never heard this one before... Now I re... Wow, I've never heard this one before... Now I remember why I became an AE.

    If I were a manager, I wouldn't want this jackass working for me.  But then again, there are a lot of stupid managers out there in charge of stupid programs that are wasting tax dollars.

    This guy/girl should fit right in...


    John
    Wed December 5, 2007, 2:33 pm

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    This was a terrible article, you didn't go in depth at all.
    John fricken Doe
    Thu March 13, 2008, 10:05 pm
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