Comments | sinclair_furie: Extra-solar eyecandy

sinclair_furie

Extra-solar eyecandy

Jul 19, 2006 19:58

This is why I want to be an aerospace engineer.

Really, I should be studying astronomy, but whatever.

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fring July 19 2006, 12:59:19 UTC

I hear you. My plan is aerospace engineering at MIT, then astrophysics at Caltech. Really, these days you can't have one without the other.

sinclair_furie July 19 2006, 14:48:36 UTC

Yes! Astrophysics at Caltech would be totally awesome, especially since they run JPL and all. :D

fring July 19 2006, 14:54:29 UTC

I've heard from various sources that Caltech has the best undergrad and grad program for astrophysics. I almost went there instead of MIT, but I'm thinking about them for grad school.

Half the pictures in one of my astronomy books come from Caltech. It would be cool to go there. Except for the fact that we're better hackers.

sinclair_furie July 19 2006, 14:56:53 UTC

Yes, plus we're cooler and undoubtedly have hotter (and more) women.
I dunno, Caltech didn't seem like a very promising place to go for undergrad stuff. It's very grad school oriented, you know?
BTW, I'm getting really excited about my laptop now, so you must tell me about yours so I can be vicariously excited.

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cheecheechee July 19 2006, 20:20:14 UTC

study aerospace. do it do it.

steffi_sy July 20 2006, 02:45:57 UTC

I'd second the vote, except for teeny, insignificant detail..... For all practical purposes, there is no job market for aerospace engineers and you'll end up like

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30501

this guy.

cheecheechee July 20 2006, 03:30:27 UTC

oh, dash practicality, there's more than enough of that to go around!

sinclair_furie July 20 2006, 03:53:54 UTC

Ah, you see the thing about engineering is that you can study aerospace and do mechanical and vice versa. It's really about a set of skills.
Btw, aerospace engineers can work for: airline companies, space agencies, defence companies (hello, Lockheed Martin!) and also, bizarrely enough, the sporting industry.
They can probably make boats, too.
Besides, Steffi is totally the bread-winner anyway.
You know, I'm doomed to working for Republicans. If I do aerospace I'll build missiles, if I do mechanical I'll build cars for rich people, if I do chemical engineering I'll work for oil companies. Hurray!