UK Space Conference part 7
Part 1: http://cesy.livejournal.com/173972.html
The ninth talk was by various young professionals in the industry. They gave us helpful advice to do summer internships and extra-curricular stuff. I wondered why someone from BAE was included when she wasn't talking about space stuff, and it's not even as if they're listed as sponsors of the conference. Cranfield University is near Milton Keynes and does Master programmes in space engineering. Apparently Kent Uni also do some space-related stuff. DMC is disaster monitoring constellation. Someone mentioned a starting salary between £20k and £25k, and after 4 years pay rise to between £25k and £30k. SSTL have 250 staff, sites at UniS, the Research Park and Kent. They have built 27 satellites, with a total of 200 years in orbit. AIT stands for assembly, integration and test (in clean rooms). They mentioned the "UK Space Strategy 2008-12" document. If the ATV (Jules Verne) works, ESA will recruit 4 new astronauts. They used to have 16, and now have 6. Space Adventures cost £15 million to get into orbit, potentially £60 million to get to the moon. For astronaut selection, they want you to be doing your second degree-thing - i.e. on your Masters or PhD. Good subjects are engineering, medicine and geology. SCUBA diving or piloting experience are also useful.
David Clark then gave a talk. He is head of sales at Virgin Galactic. They've had nearly 300 sales so far - the whole of the first year is booked. WK2 should be finished in July. They've had 100 new customers since January. Brian Binnie was test pilot for SS1. He showed us some cool videos.
Next part: http://cesy.livejournal.com/176020.html
The ninth talk was by various young professionals in the industry. They gave us helpful advice to do summer internships and extra-curricular stuff. I wondered why someone from BAE was included when she wasn't talking about space stuff, and it's not even as if they're listed as sponsors of the conference. Cranfield University is near Milton Keynes and does Master programmes in space engineering. Apparently Kent Uni also do some space-related stuff. DMC is disaster monitoring constellation. Someone mentioned a starting salary between £20k and £25k, and after 4 years pay rise to between £25k and £30k. SSTL have 250 staff, sites at UniS, the Research Park and Kent. They have built 27 satellites, with a total of 200 years in orbit. AIT stands for assembly, integration and test (in clean rooms). They mentioned the "UK Space Strategy 2008-12" document. If the ATV (Jules Verne) works, ESA will recruit 4 new astronauts. They used to have 16, and now have 6. Space Adventures cost £15 million to get into orbit, potentially £60 million to get to the moon. For astronaut selection, they want you to be doing your second degree-thing - i.e. on your Masters or PhD. Good subjects are engineering, medicine and geology. SCUBA diving or piloting experience are also useful.
David Clark then gave a talk. He is head of sales at Virgin Galactic. They've had nearly 300 sales so far - the whole of the first year is booked. WK2 should be finished in July. They've had 100 new customers since January. Brian Binnie was test pilot for SS1. He showed us some cool videos.
Next part: http://cesy.livejournal.com/176020.html