Space Science Graduate Schools
Neil E. Mickelson
I am looking for information on what graduate schools offer Master's
Degrees in Space Science or Space Operations. I am looking to start grad
school in January or August 1996, and I am highly interested in space
launch operations, satellite tracking, and space education.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to pursue these interests in my
undergrad classes at the Univ. of Illinois-Urbana.
I would love to be able to get a fellowship to develop a space
education/awareness curriculum for middle school age students as part of
my work...any information on such opportunities would get you my undying
gratitude, like it or not. ;-)
Any help you could provide would be wonderful!!
Thanks a million...
Neil E. Mickelson
mick...@uiuc.edu
Frank Crary
Neil E. Mickelson <mick...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
>I am looking for information on what graduate schools offer Master's
>Degrees in Space Science or Space Operations. I am looking to start grad
>school in January or August 1996, and I am highly interested in space
>launch operations, satellite tracking, and space education.
>Unfortunately, I have not been able to pursue these interests in my
>undergrad classes at the Univ. of Illinois-Urbana.
Well, off the top of my head, I can think of a few places you
might look. Cal Tech certainly has an excellent program in these
areas because of their involvement with JPL. Also, several
NASA research centers have joint programs you might want to
look into, where you can get a Master's degree from a local
university but most of the program involves working at the
NASA center on ongoing research. For NASA Langley has such
a program with, if memory serves, George Washington University,
which focuses on aerodynamics and astronautics; Johnson Space
Flight Center has one with (I think) the University of Texas, but
I forget what they concentrate on; NASA Ames and Stanford,
focusing on zero-gravity biology and NASA Lewis with several
small colleges concentrating on rocket and space electronics.
Several other schools have good, solid engineering programs
that emphasize spaceflight. They are usually found at
schools that also have a strong space and planetary science
astronomy department; the University of Colorado here in
Boulder, where it's common for a astronomy professor to
get a grant to develop an space-based instrument or even
(with the new Discovery missions) and entire spacecraft
and then bring in grad students from the aerospace
engineering department. The same is true of the University
of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Institute.
>I would love to be able to get a fellowship to develop a space
>education/awareness curriculum for middle school age students as part of
>my work...
Now that might be difficult. Certainly there are universities
that have money for this sort of educational work, referred
to as "space grant colleges", but there doesn't seem to
be much of an overlap with colleges doing serious space-oriented,
graduate-level education. The University of Colorado, for example,
has both, but our "space grant college" people aren't too active
and don't do much besides help professors incorporate space-related
topics into relevant lectures. As far as I know, they don't
have any graduate students working on middle school education.
Frank Crary
CU Boulder
Spacepup
has a good graduate program in space related engineering programs,
including the Center for Space Research.
Jesse
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Eric Dahlstrom
> Neil E. Mickelson <mick...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >I am looking for information on what graduate schools offer Master's
> >Degrees in Space Science or Space Operations.
In article <3604c5$8...@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU>,
fcr...@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
> ... NASA Langley has such
> a program with, if memory serves, George Washington University,
> which focuses on aerodynamics and astronautics;
NASA LaRC/GWU
I would steer people away from NASA Langley and the GWU
program. I am one class away from getting a masters in astronautics
here - but I can't find any class I want to take. These days Langley is
getting rid of most of it's space work, and the GWU program is dropping
most of the space related courses. Now they have new requirements
for the MS astronautics - you don't need to take anything space related.
Preparing for a future of aerobraking on the Moon, I guess.
ISU MSS
If you feel like being a pioneer, you might consider the
masters program that International Space University is planning
on starting in Sept. 1995. The program will be in English
in Strasbourg, France and covers a range of ten space disciplines
(e.g. engineering, robotics, life science, law). The summer
sessions have been incredible - and I think the masters program
will be an exciting adventure in the creation of a new university.
For more info, send email to (in...@isu.isunet.edu) or see
(ftp://isu.isunet.edu/pub/isu/www/isudescr.html).
Good luck in your search.
- Eric
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Neil E. Mickelson
Dahlstrom) wrote:
> > In article <mickelsn-230...@ruger-77.slip.uiuc.edu>,
> > Neil E. Mickelson <mick...@uiuc.edu> wrote:
> > >I am looking for information on what graduate schools offer Master's
> > >Degrees in Space Science or Space Operations.
>
> In article <3604c5$8...@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU>,
> fcr...@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
> > ... NASA Langley has such
> > a program with, if memory serves, George Washington University,
> > which focuses on aerodynamics and astronautics;
>
> ...posting deleted
>
> Good luck in your search.
> - Eric
>
>
> * E.L.Da...@LaRC.NASA.GOV * +1 804-766-9635 * ISU'91 USA *
> * Lockheed Eng & Sci Co, 144 Research Drive, Hampton, VA 23666 *
> * home: 6314 Auburn Lane, Hampton, VA 23666 * +1 804-838-4797 *
Eric--
Thanks for the advice.
Neil
Spaceops
mick...@uiuc.edu (Neil E. Mickelson) writes:
Dear Neil,
My name is Kevin Benedict and I'm a Grad student at the Air Force
Institute of Technology working on an M.S. in Space Operations. The only
other masters program I know of in Space Ops is at the University of
Colorado in Colorado Springs, CO. It's through the EE dept. so you need
an engineering degree to qualify. The only other alternative I can think
of is to join the Air Force like I did, the job opportunities Space Ops
are much greater here than any where else.
Good Luck,
Kev