Aerospace Engineering

My name is Heather and I'm a student and educator :)

My parents call me a NASA geek because of the interest and level of knowledge obtained about astornomy, spaceflight, and the history of NASA.

I look forward to learning more about all of you and hope to gain awesome friends and connections.

A reader rightly questioned my previous post on the subject as inadequate to any review or exposition.  It was an experience report in a world that needs a review.  Thanks @cstartorg.

So we're educating ourselves, as concerned citizens interested in a touchy subject.

A google search for "Freedom of Speech ITAR" reveals the work of many many people on our subject.  How does ITAR affect open source engineering for space systems.

A scan through the Epic Free Speech Archive confirms and explores the concept that the constitution which has made us great continues to provide for our development as a peaceful nation.

Likewise that search reveals more.

So be brave, open space awaits.

Of course there's megatons of confusion out there, so as in all things, one needs to correctly classify principles versus discussion versus raw noise.

I speak too much. Other significant likes include anime (yes, I'm a fanboy), and music. And I love computers, I repair them for a living for now. Still looking for a part/full timer, though... no one seems to be hiring students... T-T;;

Hi! I'm a science geek who has loved space since I was four years old. I foster cats, write a little science fiction, and work full-time for the US Environmental Protection Agency. I was a physics major back in college, but I hope to go back to school in the near future to earn my engineering graduate degree. I attended the STS-127 NASA Tweetup in September '09, and returned for a chance to speak to the ISS in October (I was the one holding the mic when the Master Alarm went off - d'oh!). I love space travel, space popularization, and space education, and hope to someday find a job studying and exploring the cosmos, whether it's building the rockets or riding 'em.

I Love all things that fly, and am very interested in space... Always have been for as far back as I can remember... Always rockets and frying models.

After PPL, I'm going to go for instrument, and commercial, maybe CFI... No need for ATP. Looking to be able to fly a charter every now and then. 

I recently got involved with a start up aviation pod cast "Mile High Flyers" http://www.milehighflyers.com/

Thanks for reading,

Mike

Ever since I was little I've loved rockets, manned missions, and pretty much everything having to do with space.

Eventually I started building model rockets and when I was 6, I got to see my first Shuttle launch out at KSC. By then, I knew I would end up doing something involving space in some way, even if it wasn't being an astronaut.

Right now, I'm a student studying Engineering Technology, with a Space Science specialization.

(more will be added to this eventually)

British bloke living in Japan with his wife and soon to be 2 year old daughter. General interest in all things science, nature and life. Grease monkey engineer, very amateur astronomer, keen sportsman and general human being.

There is lots more information about me including my CV on my website if you're interested: www.RyInSpace.com

I work for NASA at the Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.  Currently the big project is Ares I, where we're quantifying and qualifying all failure modes, big and small.  By understanding how complex systems malfunction, we can design smarter sensors and react and recover from failures more effectively.  It also means, in the event of a catastrophic failure, being able to detect the problem before it's too late.

Before the Constellation program, I worked at Penn State as a grad student doing similar things, plus astrodynamics, autonomous robotics and machine learning and AI type stuff. Even farther back in ancient history, I did systems engineering at Johnson Space Center, where I worked X-38 and Shuttle flights to ISS.

Aerospace Engineer & Project Manager

Husband, Father, & Grandfather

Lector & Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, St Malachy Catholic Church

Amateur Radio Operator, K6AE

Road Cyclist

Civil Air Patrol Squadron Commander

I'm currently a PhD student at Texas A&M University in aerospace engineering. I work primarily as an experimentalist in aerodynamics--or, as I like to say, as a wind tunnel jockey.  My doctoral research will focus on stability and transition of hypersonic boundary layers; hopefully my work will benefit the design of future hypersonic aircraft and re-entry spacecraft.  Despite my post-graduate focus on the aero- side of aerospace, it was a love for and fascination with spaceflight that brought me to this field and that keeps me inspired.

 When I'm not in the lab, I enjoy reading (almost anything), writing (mostly fantasy), taking photos, and generally being a geek. 

Registered Nurse, Entrepreneur and Web Site Developer. Loves to garden, create jewelry and bird watch.

Currently resides on the Gulf Coast side of Florida on marsh land - translation = swamp.

Well hi there! OK, I guess I'll start with the boring stuff, I'm Tom, 17,
student studying Aerospace Engineering, and in the UK (for now...) Joining
Twitter was a novelty really, however the amount it has convinced me that I
want to be part of the Aerospace field is stunning - it has definitely
influenced my decision of Unicersity choice, the amazing people I have
discovered on here, none more so than @flyingjenny , the mastermind behind
this genius group. I shall endeavour (nice subtle joke...) to keep you
updated on my perspective (for what it's worth) of all things NASA.