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the-space-man
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Hi,
I'm a 4th year undergrad AE major and have been thinking about my career choices and graduate school choices a lot. Out of all the topics covered in my classes so far, I found orbital mechanics/ spacecraft mission design the most interesting.
My question is, is it difficult to find a job in this field? I think I would enjoy anything with satellite tracking, trajectory analysis, or the design phase of space missions (systems engineering). I've been browsing through job search engines and found few matches to those cases.
Also, I am considering graduate school, but I am afraid I might narrow myself too much by specializing in these topics. So far I've considered Stanford for systems engineering (SSDL has students go through the process of designing a CubeSat), Purdue or Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, for astrodynamics/orbital mechanics.
Do you guys think this is a good idea, or am I being too picky?
I'm a 4th year undergrad AE major and have been thinking about my career choices and graduate school choices a lot. Out of all the topics covered in my classes so far, I found orbital mechanics/ spacecraft mission design the most interesting.
My question is, is it difficult to find a job in this field? I think I would enjoy anything with satellite tracking, trajectory analysis, or the design phase of space missions (systems engineering). I've been browsing through job search engines and found few matches to those cases.
Also, I am considering graduate school, but I am afraid I might narrow myself too much by specializing in these topics. So far I've considered Stanford for systems engineering (SSDL has students go through the process of designing a CubeSat), Purdue or Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, for astrodynamics/orbital mechanics.
Do you guys think this is a good idea, or am I being too picky?