<p>I am a junior in high school and enrolled in what is a national pilot program called School of Engineering at Oklahoma. It is sponcered by this states 4 Engineering University's to get students that think they are interested in the feild of Engineering a real look at what all feilds are out there and what is really involved in engineering. The univerisity's did a study of the past 20 years and have found that only 23% of incoming college freshmen actually graduate with a Engineering degree , so this program was developed. </p>
<p>I am currently in Aero Space Engineering, AP Calculs , AP Physics , & Introduction to Biometric Engineering.</p>
<p>My passion is to help devolope and futher space travel. There is two companys ( One in Oklahoma & other in Calif) in the us that were given by NASA over 300 BILLION dollars to design and development the rocket plane that can take off and go to outer space and carry cargo and PASSENGERS</p>
<p>Now for the questions !!</p>
<p>One of my Teachers tells me about Astro Space Physics & Asto space Engineering. What Universitys offer a Degree program that would help me in my Quest to work for outside contractors NOT NASA as the new trend will be in this type of feild ?</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about Embry-Riddle Aeronauticle university. </p>
<p>What are some more college choices that really stand out ?</p>
<p>As for your actual question, pretty much any engineering field would work for taking part in designing a spacecraft. And regardless of who you work for, they'll want the same engineering qualifications.</p>
<p>These are the top 10 schools for aeronautical:</p>
<p>1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 Stanford University (CA)
3 California Institute of Technology
4 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
5 Georgia Institute of Technology
6 Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)
7 Princeton University (NJ)
8 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
9 University of Texas–Austin
10 Cornell University (NY)</p>
<p>"My passion is to help devolope and futher space travel. There is two companys ( One in Oklahoma & other in Calif) in the us that were given by NASA over 300 BILLION dollars to design and development the rocket plane that can take off and go to outer space and carry cargo and PASSENGERS"</p>
<p>Rocketplane and SpaceX just received $500 MILLION to jointly create the replacement for the Space Shuttle.
Just some figures off the top of my head regarding NASA spending:
Apollo : $200 billion
MER : $350 million
Cassini-Huygens : $3 billion
MSL (2009) : $2.5 billion
Constellation (moon again, 2016) : $150 billion (Boeing/Northrop & Lockheed are competing for the Ares I, Ares V contracts right now)
Space Shuttle Replacement : $500 million in seed money for private industry</p>
<p>BTW, the days of the mega-rockets are coming back. The Ares V will be larger and lift larger payloads than the Saturn V. The first stage has (2) 5 grain SRB's (based on the STS), a main engine of 5 RS-68 engines with an extended LH2 and LOX tank based on the STS. It will weigh in a 7.4 million pounds (in contrast to the Saturn V at 6.6 million pounds)</p>
<p>They are excellent at Aerospace. Can't say the same for thier other programs if you can call them that. Most likely you can get in. Alot of people get weeded out of their Aero program.</p>
<p>I go to Embry-Riddle in Prescott for Aero Eng. (junior) It's really great. Any specific questions? You can PM me if you want...</p>
<p>I wouldn't call it overrated. Expensive, yes. Lots of scholarships though. And we have ins at some cool companies, etc. Small class size, and small school in general if that's what you're looking for.</p>
<p>My name is Chrissy, I am a sophomore in highschool and I was looking on this website for anyone who had any tips on good colleges/vocational schools to go to that have a great aerospace/astronautics program. I am really interested in space and space technology, but I'm not sure if I would want to get involved with NASA because it's a little too political for me since it is government-runned. Please someone post something regarding my problem. Any suggestions, comments, or personal experiences at a good college for my interests, are welcomed by me. Help me out here!</p>
<p>you can check the top schools for aero like MIT, Stanford, U-Michigan Ann Arbor georgia Tech Purdue and UIUC
other schools to check are ebmry riddle, ucla usc or Arizona state
You don't have to work for Nasa. The hot new thing are the up and comers in the industry like SpaceDev, SpaceHab, RocketplaneKistler Orbital Sciences. There are the usually huge contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman. I would rather work for one of the smaller companies
This may not be the whole deal but its a start. other people should fill in the gaps</p>